Issue: Vol 175, Issue 8116

Law reform to give more rights to cohabiting couples has been on the campaign agenda for a long time, but is a blanket approach best? In this week’s NLJ, Caroline Bowden, consultant at Anthony Gold, looks at the difference between couples who have chosen not to legally regulate their relationship, and those where one partner has economic power and the other does not.

We need robust new legislation to tackle the online advertising of prostitution, writes Lesley Manley

Most documentary evidence is in digital format, mainly stored in cloud-based platforms, but is the new model search and imaging order, which came into force in April, fit for purpose? In this week’s NLJ, Mary Young, partner, Kingsley Napley, considers this question in depth.

A waste of time or due process? Neil Parpworth reports on the Lords debating the Lords

Caroline Bowden sets out the need for cohabitation reform—for some couples but not others

The new model search & imaging order lacks the clarity needed for the digital age, argues Mary Young

Whistleblowing protection is inching forward with judicial help, writes Charles Pigott—but reform is still needed

Could we soon be tapping out wills on our phones, ask Brendan Udokoro & Kiera Quinn

Electronic wills—inevitable in a digital era, or an abomination liable to wreak fraudulent chaos? In this week’s NLJ, Brendan Udokoro, associate, and Kiera Quinn, associate (New Zealand qualified), Howard Kennedy, examine the pros and cons, risks and rewards of allowing people to tap out their will on their phone or laptop.