Medical experts are almost always needed in clinical negligence litigation, but their role could change after Jackson, even in high-value litigation, says Jeanette Aspinall
The collapse of Balva will make many smaller firms weigh up the benefits of staying in business compared with the risk of potentially very significant personal liability, says Jason Nash
For all the setbacks civil liberties lawyers have suffered, they would still rather hold a practising certificate than a lorry driver's licence, says Jeannie Mackie