Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7483

Tim Suter traces the origins & achievements of public inquiries

Alison Padfield explains why legal clarity & coherence trumped fairness in Scullion

Janna Purdie offers advice on distinguishing between arbitration & expert determination clauses

Mark Solon advises how to get your expert out of bed

Expert witnesses must be at the top of their game, notes Merryck Lowe

Riva Bella SA v Tamsen Yachts GmbH [2011] EWHC 2338 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 41 (Sep)

Riva Bella SA v Tamsen Yachts GmbH [2011] EWHC 2338 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 41 (Sep)

Jones v Thornton UKEAT/0068/11/SM, [2011] All ER (D) 122 (Sep)

Capita Alternative Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd and another v Drivers Jonas [2011] EWHC 2336 (Comm), All ER (D) 52 (Sep) [2011]

Ashendon and another v United Kingdom (App Nos 35730/07 & 4285/08), [2011] All ER (D) 81 (Sep)