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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
The decision to uphold national legislation restricting internet gambling to a national monopoly is not consistent with the ideals of a single market, says Paul Stanley NO