Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7268

Bankruptcy costs more, Sale of goods at House of Lords, Power of attorney enquiries, Family legal aid rates make beaks sexier, CPR pt 8 gets a facelift

Without notice applications, Deprivation of liberty, Local government ombudsman decisions, Mental Capacity Act 2005

Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha, R (on the application of Hurst) v Northern district of London coroner

Debate about the format and selection of our second chamber rages on, says Seamus Burns

Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, did not reproduce ideas from an earlier work in his best-selling novel, the Court of Appeal has ruled in Baigent v Random House Group.

Parents and teachers will be able to access information about paedophiles in their area as part of a pilot scheme to be announced by John Reid, the Home Secretary.

A Law Society plan to obtain a last-minute injunction to stay introduction of the unified legal aid contract has been dropped after counsel advised there were no grounds for such an application.

Workplace dispute resolution procedures designed to protect sufferers of religious and sexual orientation-related abuse tend to victimise them even further, and usually result in their dismissal or demotion, research shows.

Natallie Evans’s legal bid to have a child using embryos which were frozen before she was made infertile by cancer treatment has been knocked back by the Grand Chamber of the European Court.

Barristers who are not up to scratch on the advocacy front in court will be referred by judges and colleagues to a remedial panel which will provide tips on how they can improve their performance, under measures outlined by the Bar Council.