Archive

Update: local government

Peter Hill reviews a ruling allowing councils to combine their services, a challenge to the proposed reduction of funding for the BSF programme, and the deluge of new legislation set to radically change the shape of local government

Update: consumer

Bryan Nott considers the winners and losers in various cases on consumer credit contracts

Working together

Expert witnesses are at a crossroads, writes Phillippa Rowe

We are scientists

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

Knowing me, knowing you

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

To infinity and beyond

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

Law in miniature

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

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