Victoria Brackett and Katie Papworth consider recent decisions on expert witness immunity, summary judgment in professional indemnity cases, termination of a retainer and the latest on limitation
Two recent decisions show that the courts are increasingly prepared to transfer residence to the father where mothers repeatedly block contact arrangements. Miranda Fisher and Ayla Dogruyol report
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
Two years after the ruling in Alhamrani, Philip Sinel and Nina Gurney reflect on the lessons learned for trust practitioners and the questions left unanswered
People applying for judicial posts should be asked about voluntary work, Baroness Neuberger, chair of the Lord Chancellor's advisory panel on judicial diversity, has said.
There has been welcome convergence in the mortgage lending industry, but isn't it time for a rebalancing of the lender-conveyancer relationship, asks Jonathan Smithers
Cell phone technology is a new area of forensic science but it is already proving a valuable tool for crime investigations and prosecutors, says Paul Sanderson
