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Health check

Muiris Lyons tackles the MoJ's clinical negligence reforms

Speak now

When it comes to withdrawing pre-accident admissions, has rule 14.1A made any difference? Catherine Leech and Jennifer Maloney report

Game of chance

Let's hope the latest asbestos appeal gives claimants some breathing space, writes Daniel Easton

Hit and miss

As the insurance industry vows to crack down on fraudulent car crash claims, John Spencer considers what lawyers can learn from the latest High Court ruling

Back to basics

Jonathan Smithers harks back to a time of the beautiful contract

Suit yourself

The Supreme Court's decision to abolish experts' immunity from suit has left witnesses open to negligence claims, but to what extent will things really change? Danielle Best examines the implications, and Martin Spencer QC advises on what experts should do next

No win, no fee, no way

When Ken Clarke unveiled his widely anticipated plans to reform no win, no fee arrangements last Tuesday, nobody expected that he would also put forward another set of proposals for the reform of the civil justice system as a whole. In the maelstrom that engulfed the personal injury world later that day, one issue was remarkably absent...

No place like home

Could home births now be outlawed following rulings by Brussels and Strasbourg? Barbara Hewson reports