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Trends: Key Issues Affecting key Witness Integrity

Mark Solon takes us through the results of the most recent Annual Expert Witness Survey to discover how the profession is still occasionally falling foul of inappropriate or dishonest witnesses

A Matter of Duty

Dr Jock Mackenzie highlights key clinical negligence cases from the past year

Friend of Foe?

Savage legal aid cuts have opened the door to a booming industry of paid McKenzie friends, but at what cost to clients? Rachel Rothwell reports

People Powered

Pannone Corporate senior partner Paul Jonson describes the firm's journey out of a regional powerhouse and into an ambitious, entrepreneurial start-up

Talking to the Lead

A legal duty of candour on public authorities and officials would reflect a new era openness, says Rhian Greaves

A Mutual French Divorce

Charlotte Symes examines whether divorce by mutual consent is a safe bet or a risky move for couples considering divorcing in the UK or France

Leaving cohabitees behind

It may be time for a fundamental rethink to ensure unmarried couples receive the same benefits and tax breaks as married couples and civil partners, says Matthew Duncan

In demand

A party must ensure a debt has in fact fallen due before taking legal steps to recover the money, says Thomas Bond