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The Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge by the owner of a New Cross property to a High Court ruling that backed the right of Lewisham Council to enforce…

A woman and her husband have failed to prove that they are entitled to purchase the family farm for £20,000 once the woman’s mother dies.

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by the Environment Secretary against a High Court ruling that he should reconsider his decision to block development plans for 445 new…

Five learned societies, which have occupied part of Burlington House in London rent-free for almost 150 years, are facing a High Court dispute over their occupation of the building.

In a land dispute involving one of Britain’s wealthiest landowners, the eighth Earl of Cadogan, the High Court has held that the working class still exists.

Construction company Henry Boot Management is suing the Grocers’ Company for more than £3m in a dispute over a major refurbishment scheme in central London.

A Bolsover couple who spent 30 years landscaping the garden of their bungalow, only to see it destroyed in a landslip, have successfully applied to increase the compensation awarded to…

The House of Lords has denied two Yorkshire couples permission to appeal, following a test-case dispute as to whether a possession order can be classified as having been “executed” if…

The House of Lords has upheld a sheep farmer’s claim for “squatter’s rights” on a grazing area in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. John Williams, who farms various pieces of land in Caernarfon,…

A landmark decision that awarded tenancy protection rights to cohabiting gay couples is to be challenged in the House of Lords.

Railtrack plc has failed in its challenge to a Lands Tribunal decision setting an amount of £5m for the sale of “air rights” over London railway lines.

The owners of a £2.25m Cheshire home have lost a right-of-way dispute with a neighbour, whose property they claim has become so derelict that it could potentially devalue their own…