Most of us have heard the phrase "correlation does not equal causation." But understanding how scientists move beyond identifying correlations to establish causation remains a mystery to many.

Concurrent causation is a legal doctrine related to losses from more than one cause, and when one has coverage and the other does not.

Seeing that two variables are statistically related, it is all too easy to jump to the conclusion that there is a causal relationship between them. Correlation and causation are two very different ...

But how does a court approach questions of causation of damage in such cases? In Thames Water, HHJ Wilcox took the wellknown starting point of what is called the 'but for' test. At first sight this ...