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A Matter of Duty

Dr Jock Mackenzie highlights key clinical negligence cases from the past year

Trends: Key Issues Affecting key Witness Integrity

Mark Solon takes us through the results of the most recent Annual Expert Witness Survey to discover how the profession is still occasionally falling foul of inappropriate or dishonest witnesses

Crypto Revolution or Evoluyton?

Is it time for law firms to take payment in cryptocurrencies alongside hard cash? Catherine Baksi reports

The fear of tech advances

Pippa Allsop discusses the tensions between the human legal advisor and technology

Covert operations

Has the admissibility of covert digital recordings tipped the balance in favour of the claimant? Nicola Laver reports

Forget the carers, I want a Rolex!

As senior judge at the Court of Protection, Denzil Lush allowed an individual one item off his extravagant wish list following a £2m injury settlement

Expanding the pot

Divorce lawyers could increase the value of a matrimonial pot by challenging an 'unfair' credit agreement, says David Bowden

The assumption of a duty of care

A public authority can assume responsibility towards someone by inference from its conduct towards them, as Laurence Toczek explains following the Supreme Court's re-evaluation of the Caparo test