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Tweeting for lawyers – part two

So, you know what Twitter is and what it can do for businesses, and have decided that it is right for your firm. But what's next? In the second of her two-part article, Helene Russell gives tips for successful tweeting

Bring your own

New rules on expert witnesses encourage the use of just one witness but it may remain in the client's best interests to call in a separate expert, argues Catherine Carter Shaw

No more hired guns

Most of the latest changes to the Civil Procedure Rules describe practices that those who use experts should already carry out, but practitioners will find it helpful that these are now supported by the courts, says Georgina Squire

Update: construction

Anna Stillman discusses the latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules in relation to expert evidence, set-off between two adjudicators' decisions, the first corporate manslaughter prosecution and refusal to enforce an adjudicator's decision

The right direction?

The recent case of the young woman who refused treatment after fatally poisoning herself should be regarded as a sign of respect for patients' autonomy, says Seamus Burns

Be my witness

The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules will improve the rules on expert witnesses and new automatic orders will reduce the workload of district judges, says DJ Paul Mildred

Hunt calls for further separation between representation and regulation at Law Society

Lord Hunt, the Conservative peer and Beachcroft consultant commissioned by the Law Society to undertake a review of the regulation of legal services, has called for clearer separation between the representative and regulatory arms of the Law Society.

DPP to personally review all assisted suicide cases under new policy

The Director of Public Prosecutions will be personally involved in the assessment of assisted-suicide cases to ensure consistency in the application of new guidelines published last week.