Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7270

Legislating for Sarah's Law is unnecessary and will not make our children any safer, says Alisdair Gillespie

Solicitors dealing with unregulated claims referral companies or claims management companies could face disciplinary sanctions or even prosecution from this week.

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has agreed to extend its consultation exercise on planned changes to the way duty solicitor slots are allocated following threats of legal action by the Law Society.

Extramarital affairs are up, prompting a huge rise in the use of private investigators by divorcing couples to confirm fears that their other half was cheating on them, family lawyers report.

Is private international law due to meet
its Waterloo? asks Richard Frimston

An extension of the defamation laws which would allow the dead or their representatives to sue for libel are reportedly being consided by the government.

Evans v United Kingdom (App. No. 6339/05), [2007] All ER (D) 109 (Apr)

Stewart Jordan advises on how to administer nil rate band discretionary trusts

Are wills too easy to fake? Thomas Dumont and Wendy Mathers investigate

The Rolling Stones banker and a question of trust. Tracy Harris reports