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Tactical manoeuvres

Emily Formby discusses some of the more difficult issues facing practitioners when instructing experts in personal injury claims; including questioning the need to use one,...

A matter of opinion

Experts must be aware of their legal duties when giving evidence both before and during the trial, but solicitors also have a part to play...

Pick and choose

The level of damages awarded in spinal injury claims is high and is increasing rapidly, but these figures can only be achieved by selecting the...

Smokescreen

With claims relating to asbestos-related illnesses likely to increase over the next few years, medical experts must be very careful when dealing with difficult areas...

Safety first

Disciplinary action against experts in child abuse cases has caused concern, but if professionals are objective, act in the best interests of the child and...

Cutting through the fog

While law firms today are more technically savvy than they used to be, practitioners must improve their ability to deal with electronic evidence so that...

Part of the job?

Amanda Fyffe considers the issues involved in determining an accurate reflection of lost earnings in occupational disease claims to effect the timely conclusion of a...

Human rights ruling will have "huge impact" on housing associations

A Court of Appeal ruling that a housing trust is a public body for human rights purposes will have a "huge impact" on the sector,...