INSIDE Volume 126 Issue 12, December 2017 Click images or words to go to article Home safe home Code of conduct New bill to protect tenants from letting agents How Reading s renters will benefit from a new scheme Chance encounter 50 years of service A truly cross-borough effort tracked down an illicit trader Handley Brustad reflects on his life s work Smart home, unwanted guests Are connected devices the next big issue for trading standards? Welcome from the editor-in-chief Eleni Chalkidou introduces the edition Noticeboard National Consumer Week animations; UK ECC celebrates 10-year anniversary; first law firm to become ADR body News Report into failings at the 2 Sisters plant; Whirlpool grilled by product safety committee; CTSI publishes tobacco control survey; strangulation risk window-blind fitter fined Consultations E-cigarettes, health claims and public health advertisements; Brexit trade in food inquiry Obituaries Christopher Urban Rogers; Derek Elliot Legal perspectives Resolving the confusion around initial disclosure