Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7274

Criminal Defence Service Direct (CDS Direct), the Legal Services Commission’s (LSC’s) telephone advice service for suspects held in police stations, is to be expanded.

The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen (ALCD) is now authorised to grant fellow members the right to conduct litigation and rights of audience.

Overseas legal assistance is to receive a major boost with the advent of a new initiative, the Justice Assistance Network.

Last week’s article by Aidan Eardley on libel tourism questioned whether the European Parliament’s proposals concerning defamation and privacy claims would survive in the final Rome II Regulation (see NLJ, 18 May 2007, p 686).

Birmingham City Council v Walker [2007] UKHL 22, [2007] All ER (D) 237 (May)

There must be a fair balance between the rights of parties to IVF treatment. Seamus Burns reports

Private fostering v CA 1989, s 20(1)

A loophole in statutory protection for customers entering into hire purchase agreements has been exposed, says Eleanor Furniss

Karim Ghaly and Victoria Butler-Cole look at the fixed costs regime for low value motor claims

Helen Hart and Nicola Rüütel examine how the phrase “reasonable endeavours” has been interpreted