The Courts have just widened significantly the circumstances under which someone can be compensated for injury.... read more >

 Research just published underlines how ill-prepared most people are in terms of their end of life planning.... read more >

According to the National Allotment Society: "An allotment is an area of land, leased either from a private or local authority landlord, for the use of growing fruit and vegetables." But just how intensively do you need to work the land?... read more >

Injury caused to one party which was the reasonably foreseeable consequence of another's negligence gives cause for compensation. One of the key requirements that needs to be met is proximity, and the Court of Appeal has just defined it more tightly.... read more >

You might think that you would have the right to stop your name being used in a web address without your consent. But you'd be wrong.... read more >

The recent case of two young lovers whose amorous emails to each other were mistakenly copied to the wider world emphasises all too clearly why firms need an "email, internet and social media use" policy for all members of staff.... read more >

In an important decision, an attempt by the Prudential to have advice its accountants gave to clients to be covered by Legal Professional Privilege has failed. ... read more >