Forensic accountants can play a valuable role in cases involving financial settlement, but practitioners must ensure they are used correctly to avoid potential difficulties, says David Lawler
Electronic evidence plays a fundamental role in legal proceedings, but practitioners should consider several factors before instructing an e-evidence specialist, says John Okonkwo
Naming expert witnesses in family proceedings could prove detrimental to a case, and solicitors should give careful consideration to the problems to which it may give rise, says Charlotte Collier
Loss adjusters will consider a multitude of factors when acting as expert witnesses in subrogation claims, and provided they do not stray outside their remit of expertise they can add a useful dimension to the process, says Nigel Clarke
Cell phone technology is a new area of forensic science but it is already proving a valuable tool for crime investigations and prosecutors, says Paul Sanderson
While West Midlands firms are wary of slow recovery from the downturn, by focusing on specialisation, hiring top legal talent and re-evaluating their structures, they are determined to survive in the new LSA market. Jean-Yves Gilg reports
Janet Armstrong-Fox reviews easements, contracts conditional on planning, the new Building Societies Association's Mortgage Instructions and the government's plans to extend the SDLT disclosure regime to some residential property transactions
Lawyers are very familiar with the doctrine of unintended consequences, whereby new policies and initiatives bounce back and bite the hand which feeds them. The unintended consequences can arise from the best of motives; drug testing in prison was introduced to combat serious over consumption of cannabis inside: the fact that Class A drugs stay in the body for a shorter time and thus became the custodial drug of choice was in no one's mind when the policy was instituted.
