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Mind your Ps and Qs

Innocent until you drop your 't'? The courts need formality, says Felix

Speakeasy

Weaning people off litigation is a great idea, but would a little more warning have hurt? Lindsay Halliwell offers a cautious welcome to the new rules making it compulsory for divorcing couples to consider mediation

Common ground

William Webster and Paul Wilmshurst uncover the difficulties landowners face when defending a village green application

Road to ruin

The SRA's publication policy can damage a firm's reputation forever. Don't believe it will affect you? Think again, warns Susanna Heley

Update: local government

Peter Hill reviews a ruling allowing councils to combine their services, a challenge to the proposed reduction of funding for the BSF programme, and the deluge of new legislation set to radically change the shape of local government

Update: consumer

Bryan Nott considers the winners and losers in various cases on consumer credit contracts

Working together

Expert witnesses are at a crossroads, writes Phillippa Rowe

We are scientists

CSI may have sparked public interest in forensics, but do you know how to correctly handle hair testing? Jacqui Gilliatt explains