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Calling the experts
Solicitors Journal

Calling the experts

Expert witness immunity could soon be removed, creating a new field of professional negligence; but are there any public policy reasons for retaining it? Andrew Wigston and Rebecca Mandal report
New horizons
Solicitors Journal

New horizons

Rules harmonising cross-border claims have been in place for decades, but there are still uncertainties about their scope and application. Jenny Ramage reports
A superior model
Solicitors Journal

A superior model

Well here we are in the middle of a general election campaign and the flaws of the process are beginning to show. One person says something and another shouts “that's not true”; then someone else makes a counter-allegation and someone else says “that is not true” and meanwhile we all go back to reading the magazine section of the newspaper and become far more polarised among ourselves on such burning questions as whether John Terry should have kept the England captaincy and whether Wayne Bridge should or should not play in the World Cup.
SRA closes consumer credit law firm
Solicitors Journal

SRA closes consumer credit law firm

The SRA has closed a law firm working with one of the country's largest claims management companies Cartel Client Review (CCR) in the biggest intervention by the regulator so far in terms of the number of client files involved (as opposed to the amount of client money).
Strasbourg to rule on index-linked pensions for expats
Solicitors Journal

Strasbourg to rule on index-linked pensions for expats

The long-running legal battle by around half a million British pensioners who retired abroad against a government decision to freeze their pensions will reach its final stage in the European Court of Human Rights tomorrow.
Solicitor claims first ever surrogacy settlement
Solicitors Journal

Solicitor claims first ever surrogacy settlement

Paul Rumley, partner at Withy King in Swindon, has claimed to have achieved the first ever settlement including damages for some of his client's surrogacy costs. The claim has been strongly denied by the NHS trust involved.