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The costs reforms proposed by the ‘Jackson’ report on the litigation system have been postponed until April 2013

The council’s legal bill for the demolition of a 50 year old derelict building in Stockton has reached £95,000 after a prolonged legal battle.

A newly enforced Consumer Bill of Rights will “streamline confusing and overlapping legislation” and give UK consumer the protection they deserve, the government has announced.

A disgruntled homeowner who blamed his poor TV signal on a neighbour’s nearby trees has been fined after felling the offending shrubbery without permission.

The Sun newspaper printed an apology this week and agreed to pay a substantial sum in damages to Manchester United player Tom Cleverley after printing a story reporting that he had begged a girl for sex in a nightclub

It has been predicted by the House of Commons Justice Select Committee that as a result of the recent cuts in legal aid there will be a sharp increase in the number of litigants in person

The BBC has been forced to apologise after an edition of Panorama accused an Italian medical company of selling blood products infected with deadly diseases.

Fallen out with your neighbour recently? You're not alone. Roughly one million Brits have been forced to move house as a result of a neighbourly feud.

A social worker at the centre of the recent Baby P fiasco has been awarded undisclosed libel damages from a major national newspaper.

You are invited to attend a series of presentations on the new Bribery Act 2010 which comes into force on 1st July 2011 and can potentially affect your business.

The UK Supreme Court ruled last week that journalists and members of the public can use twitter, texts and email to post live feeds about proceedings in the Court.

Residents of a village in Wales who are facing the prospect of their village green being built upon by housing developer, Barratt Homes, have recently received confirmation that the land can be formally registered and protected as a village green

Roughly 60 people have received compensation after complaining about noise, dust and damage following the opening of a bypass near their homes.

The UK libel law has been amended to include a defence of honest comment

High Court defamation claims jumped 15% last year, the highest level for more than a decade, new research revealed.

With customer retention and attraction key to surviving the recession’s aftermath, an ever growing number of hoteliers are taking legal action against popular review site TripAdvisor following a barrage of negative comments.

With the country’s financial health forcing Brits to be more cautious when opening their wallets, a leading consumer watchdog has published the top 10 legal rights consumers must bear in mind when purchasing goods

UK consumers are ignorant to the dangers of online shopping and are continually falling victim to the internet’s many scams and swindles, consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) believes.

The director of a Slough waste management firm has been forced to pay more than £52,000 after spillages into a River Thames’ tributary wiped out local fish

A middle-aged man who was rushed to hospital and misdiagnosed with leukaemia has been given £175,000 in compensation after being told he had less than a year to live

Homeowners whose house prices have plummeted due to overhead planes are to be awarded £9million in compensation by Manchester Airport

Litigating parties are required by the Court to undertake a reasonable search for and disclose to the other party, all paper and electronic documents relating to a dispute, which are or have been in their control.