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The High Court has found McNicholas Construction Co Ltd guilty of large-scale VAT fraud, upholding the findings of the VAT and Duties Tribunal.

Fire blamed on electricity company’s negligence. A High Court judge has held Midland Electricity plc to blame for fire which swept through chicken sheds and an egg packing plant Lyndon…

Bevan Ashford is challenging a damages award of £74,323 awarded against it in the High Court for negligent representations in a report on title to Portman Building Society.

The law lords have upheld a Court of Appeal decision blocking Liverpool Council’s £120m millennium scheme at Chavasse Park. Bill Davies’ Walton Group retains control of the site and is…

The question of the relevant dates governing determination of the value of land set aside for compulsory purchase is to be examined.

Ashurst Morris Crisp has shut down its residential property department following the departure of Philip Beckerlegge to Speechley Bircham. Beckerlegge, who worked in Ashurst’s private client department, has reportedly taken…

Alnwick District Council today decided to abandon an application to the Court of Appeal after failing in a High Court attempt to overturn John Prescott’s planning decision against a 4.86ha…

Forsters solicitors advised Benchmark on the £38m purchase today of the freehold of Buchanan House, 3 St James’s Square, London SW1, from Shell Pensions Trust Ltd.

An appeal is now pending over a High Court decision in May awarding businessman Graham Farley £10,750 damages from surveyor Michael Skinner.

Practice Rule 15, probably the toughest costs information code for any profession, is set to come into force tomorrow. The new professional rule strengthens a solicitor’s obligation to give clear…

The builder Kvaerner Construction Ltd has launched a High Court claim against wood-products company Egger (Barony) Ltd for an alleged debt of more than £12m.

The government has come under attack after it emerged this week that new guidelines on cleaning up contaminated land would be delayed until next spring.