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How to assess children for personal injury claims

Communication is key when evaluating injured children, says Dr Mark Burgin

State of play: case summaries

Jennifer Ridgway and Karen Bayley review case law concerning constructive trust, divorce settlements and vulnerable clients

Are changes to RTA medical reports an accident waiting to happen?

Experts fear the new whiplash reforms might lead to a two-tier allocation system, but welcome moves towards wider industry regulation, says Mark Solon

Feeling the effects of CPR

What impact has the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules had on medico-legal experts? Drs Hugh Koch, Ben Laskey, Kavita Misra and Caroline Formby consider survey data 15 years on

New guidance for experts

The new guidelines are not revolutionary, but nevertheless iron out a number of important issues for experts, say Hugh Lyons and Giles Hutt

How to manage your quantum expert

Tighter costs budgets mean solicitors must take a more hands-on approach to the selection and supervision of experts, says Richard Formby

Same, same but better

The new national standards should add quality assurance to children proceedings in the Family Court, claims Victoria Sterritt

The role of experts in debt recovery

Rob Kerrigan explores the dynamics of acting for lenders when mortgage payments are defaulted