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Suit yourself

The Supreme Court's decision to abolish experts' immunity from suit has left witnesses open to negligence claims, but to what extent will things really change?...

No win, no fee, no way

When Ken Clarke unveiled his widely anticipated plans to reform no win, no fee arrangements last Tuesday, nobody expected that he would also put forward...

No place like home

Could home births now be outlawed following rulings by Brussels and Strasbourg? Barbara Hewson reports

Pushing forward

As the government goes full steam ahead with Jackson, Simon Gibbs brings us up to speed on the current case law ahead of wholesale civil...

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany reviews the new retirement rules, additional paternity leave and recent decisions on unfair dismissal

Right move

Jonathan Silverman and Jennie Kreser explain how capitalising on intellectual property rights could unlock funds from a client's pension fund

For whom the bell tolls not

Andrew Lugger kicks off his new series on the glory and gore of our legal history

Attention seeking

Law firms could learn a thing or two about communication from the church, says Russell Conway