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A new law which provides for prison sentences for people who attempt to torment or exert psychological control over others has come into force and includes online harassment in certain...

The English courts are enduringly popular with litigants, who often go to great lengths to have their cases heard in this country. The reason for this is that English law...

The much publicised case in which the Court of Protection ruled that clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) could lawfully be withdrawn from a patient with multiple sclerosis who was...

Solicitors have to have comprehensive professional indemnity insurance and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, so you can be sure that, if anything should go wrong, you will be...

‘Legal advice privilege’ is the legal phrase for the confidentiality that exists with regard to legal advice and has traditionally been interpreted to mean that legal advice between a solicitor...

Investors in private companies frequently agree not to dispose of their shares without making an offer of first refusal to their co-investors. In a guideline case, the Court of Appeal...

Long delays when travelling can prove annoying and expensive, which is why EU law sets a schedule of compensation payable to passengers in such circumstances. However, not all delays...

Although it is normally sound procedure to appoint an attorney to act in respect of your affairs should you become incapable of doing so yourself, where this precaution is not...

When a person misrepresents something being sold to the extent that what is being promised to the buyer is significantly different from what is delivered, the normal legal remedy is...

Opponents of proposals by the Government to require mesothelioma sufferers to pay court fees of up to £10,000 to fund their claims against those responsible for them having contracted the...