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A lower claims limit will penalise most genuine whiplash claimants

The debate over the cost of whiplash claims is based on unreliable figures and tainted by conflicts of interest, says Philip Waters

Update | Environment: Amendments to the civil procedure rules and the Aarhus Convention

Amendments to the civil procedure rules fail to give proper effect to provisions in the Aarhus convention on guaranteed access to justice in environmental cases,...

Management | Technology : Think before you buy

Your CRM software is unlikely to solve your client relations issues if you don't identify precisely what these are and how you want to use...

Workshop: Commmercial: Advising clients offered equity in a business

Most clients will be enthusiastic about being offered equity in a business; you role as their adviser is to make sure this is not a...

Update | Clinical negligence: Want of care, loss of chance and late test results

Jock Mackenzie reviews clinical ?negligence cases involving want of care, ?judge's assessment methodology, loss of ?a chance, and liability for late test results

DR v GR

Jonathan Riley summarises a recent will dispute case and the lessons learned for practitioners

Agreed costs budget could be open to challenge

Litigants who have managed their costs within agreed budgets should not ?expect judges to just rubberstamp the final costs claim, says Simon Gibbs

How low can you go?

Forecasts suggest there will be increasing challenges over the next five years for low-risk investors and their advisers, says Claire Bennison