Medico-Legal Journal is dedicated to promoting Medico-Legal knowledge in all its aspects. It provides an official record of the proceedings of the Medico-Legal Society. The journal seeks to further the society’s aim to expand knowledge of medico-legal matters by commissioning articles on topics from across this diverse field. The journal publishes a wide range of high-quality original articles, commentaries, case studies, letters, reviews and obituaries which consider contemporary and relevant medico-legal issues that are sent in from around the world. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)