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INTRODUCTION
Mark Solon discusses current trends in expert witness work
PRACTICE
Experts need court skills as well as technical expertise, write
Dr John Fletcher and Michael Williams
FAMILY
Kevin Gibbs considers the reasons behind the rising number of
care applications
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
Are single joint experts the way ahead, asks Richard Formby
MEDICO-LEGAL
Understanding of chronic pain in soft tissue injuries is developing,
explains ChrisWorsfold
FEES
Richard Emery reveals some of the problems faced by experts in
the wake of legal aid cuts
FORENSIC METEOROLOGY
John Coates-Greetham describes the role of past weather records
in legal cases
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