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Solicitors divided over impact of compulsory mediation assessments

Family lawyers are divided over the impact of the extension of compulsory mediation assessment sessions announced by the Ministry of Justice last week. The requirement to attend a session currently applies only to legal aid clients.

Two timing

Michael Dempsey lifts the lid on the emerging phenomenon of 'hot tubbing'

Setting the record straight

Robert McPeake reviews the practical implications of the Court of Appeal's ruling in the 'shaken baby' cases when handling expert medical evidence

Law in miniature

Where are we up to with the admissibility of low template DNA? Sarah Dyas goes under the microscope

To infinity and beyond

Valuers watch out - the scope of surveyors' duties is continuingly widening, warns Alexandra Anderson

Knowing me, knowing you

What are your responsibilities when instructing experts? And what should you expect from them? Isabel West reports

We are scientists

CSI may have sparked public interest in forensics, but do you know how to correctly handle hair testing? Jacqui Gilliatt explains

Working together

Expert witnesses are at a crossroads, writes Phillippa Rowe