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We are scientists

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

Knowing me, knowing you

What are your responsibilities when instructing experts? And what should you expect from them? Isabel West reports

To infinity and beyond

Valuers watch out - the scope of surveyors' duties is continuingly widening, warns Alexandra Anderson

Law in miniature

Where are we up to with the admissibility of low template DNA? Sarah Dyas goes under the microscope

Setting the record straight

Robert McPeake reviews the practical implications of the Court of Appeal's ruling in the 'shaken baby' cases when handling expert medical evidence

Two timing

Michael Dempsey lifts the lid on the emerging phenomenon of 'hot tubbing'

Divorced from reality

Fresh from an Oxbridge eye-opener, Marilyn Stowe wonders how stuck in the past the future will be

The sunny side of the street

If you were left deflated by last week's prediction that conveyancing will be lawyer-free by 2020, fear not. Property optimist Jonathan Smithers is on hand...