diff --git a/packages/testkit-backend/src/controller/local.js b/packages/testkit-backend/src/controller/local.js
index c5aa1aad6..84bf4d402 100644
--- a/packages/testkit-backend/src/controller/local.js
+++ b/packages/testkit-backend/src/controller/local.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Context from '../context'
 import Controller from './interface'
 import stringify from '../stringify'
+import { isFrontendError } from '../request-handlers'
 
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export default class LocalController extends Controller {
   closeContext (contextId) {
     this._contexts.delete(contextId)
   }
-  
+
   async handle (contextId, { name, data }) {
     if (!this._contexts.has(contextId)) {
       throw new Error(`Context ${contextId} does not exist`)
@@ -54,23 +55,23 @@ export default class LocalController extends Controller {
 
   _writeError (contextId, e) {
     if (e.name) {
-      const id = this._contexts.get(contextId).addError(e)
-      this._writeResponse(contextId, newResponse('DriverError', {
-        id,
-        msg: e.message + ' (' + e.code + ')',
-        code: e.code
-      }))
+      if (isFrontendError(e)) {
+        this._writeResponse(contextId, newResponse('FrontendError', {
+          msg: 'Simulating the client code throwing some error.',
+        }))
+      } else {
+        const id = this._contexts.get(contextId).addError(e)
+        this._writeResponse(contextId, newResponse('DriverError', {
+          id,
+          msg: e.message + ' (' + e.code + ')',
+          code: e.code
+        }))
+      }
       return
     }
     this._writeBackendError(contextId, e)
   }
 
-  _msg (name, data) {
-    return {
-      name, data
-    }
-  }
-  
 }
 
 function newResponse (name, data) {
diff --git a/packages/testkit-backend/src/request-handlers.js b/packages/testkit-backend/src/request-handlers.js
index 01e8b420b..92ea423c6 100644
--- a/packages/testkit-backend/src/request-handlers.js
+++ b/packages/testkit-backend/src/request-handlers.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import neo4j from './neo4j'
-import { 
-  cypherToNative
-} from './cypher-native-binders.js'
+import { cypherToNative } from './cypher-native-binders.js'
 import  * as responses from './responses.js'
 
+export function throwFrontendError() {
+  throw new Error("TestKit FrontendError")
+}
+
+export function isFrontendError(error) {
+  return error.message === 'TestKit FrontendError'
+}
+
 export function NewDriver (context, data, wire) {
   const {
     uri,
@@ -96,8 +102,7 @@ export function DriverClose (context, data, wire) {
     .then(() => {
       wire.writeResponse(responses.Driver({ id: driverId }))
     })
-    .catch(err => wire.writeError(err)) 
-    .finally(() => context.removeDriver(driverId))
+    .catch(err => wire.writeError(err))
 }
 
 export function NewSession (context, data, wire) {
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@ export function RetryablePositive (context, data, wire) {
 
 export function RetryableNegative (context, data, wire) {
   const { sessionId, errorId } = data
-  const error = context.getError(errorId) || new Error('Client error')
+  const error = context.getError(errorId) || new Error('TestKit FrontendError')
   context.getTxsBySessionId(sessionId).forEach(tx => {
     tx.reject(error)
   })
@@ -263,7 +268,7 @@ export function RetryableNegative (context, data, wire) {
 export function SessionBeginTransaction (context, data, wire) {
   const { sessionId, txMeta: metadata, timeout } = data
   const session = context.getSession(sessionId)
-  
+
   try {
     return session.beginTransaction({ metadata, timeout })
     .then(tx => {
diff --git a/packages/testkit-backend/src/skipped-tests/common.js b/packages/testkit-backend/src/skipped-tests/common.js
index ca224c8f7..e8ae62731 100644
--- a/packages/testkit-backend/src/skipped-tests/common.js
+++ b/packages/testkit-backend/src/skipped-tests/common.js
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ const skippedTests = [
   skip(
     'Results are always valid but don\'t return records when out of scope',
     ifStartsWith('stub.iteration.test_result_scope.TestResultScope.')
+  ),
+  skip(
+    'Driver (still) allows explicit managing of managed transaction',
+    ifEquals('stub.tx_lifetime.test_tx_lifetime.TestTxLifetime.test_managed_tx_raises_tx_managed_exec')
+  ),
+  skip(
+    'Flaky tests, requires investigation',
+    ifEndsWith('.test_should_fail_when_reading_from_unexpectedly_interrupting_readers_using_tx_function')
+  ),
+  skip(
+    'Flaky tests, requires investigation',
+    ifEndsWith('.test_should_fail_when_writing_to_unexpectedly_interrupting_writers_using_tx_function')
   )
 ]