A mother has lost a UK High Court battle in her bid to use her dead daughter’s frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild.

As the legal profession struggles to catch up with the age of social media, the question of who is responsible for defamatory remarks on websites is constantly evolving, says Hugh McCarthy.

A Christian group is fighting a High Court battle in the UK over a ban on its bus advert suggesting that gay people can be “cured”.

A UK High Court judge today said there had been “developments” in the condition of a seven-year-old boy at the centre of a legal dispute over cancer treatment.

In Britain, the High Court has delayed a decision on whether a mother can prevent her seven-year-old son from receiving radiotherapy on a brain tumour.

A UK High Court judge will today decide whether a seven-year-old boy can undergo radiotherapy treatment following surgery on a brain tumour.

Lord Lucan’s son has spoken about the mysterious disappearance of his father and admitted he hoped the missing aristocrat was involved in the death of family nanny Sandra Rivett.

The high-proflie case of a man found guilty of sending a menacing tweet returns to court in Britain today.

New rules preventing demonstrators sleeping near the Houses of Parliament in London were upheld by the High Court in a landmark ruling today.

Environmental campaigners told a UK High Court judge today that an Olympic basketball training facility was being built on parkland filled with “lead and asbestos”.

The Premier League claimed a partial victory today despite losing a European court case against a pub landlady who used a foreign decoder to screen live matches at 3pm on Saturdays.

Europe’s commissioner for the digital agenda Neelie Kroes today vowed to sort out confusion surrounding cross-border access to film, music and pay-per-view football games.

Human rights judges have rejected an appeal by ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley against his failed bid to force a change in UK privacy laws.

Ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley today lost his European Court of Human Rights bid to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives.

Force India’s legal dispute with Team Lotus regarding intellectual property rights is to head to the UK High Court early next year.

Former children’s services chief Sharon Shoesmith today lost her UK High Court battle over her sacking following the death of Baby P.

Talks will resume today to try to head off a 12-day strike by British Airways (BA) cabin crew, as both sides wait to hear if the UK High Court will grant an injunction blocking the walkout.

Amy Winehouse nearly died in her ex-husband’s arms after a three-day heroin and crack binge, he said today.

Pop singer Lily Allen’s somewhat abrasive relationship with the paparazzi - which came to a head in a tussle with photographers in Soho last night – appears to have been at least partially resolved at an unscheduled UK High Court hearing today.

Pop superstar Michael Jackson will give evidence in person at the High Court to defend allegations that he owes an Arab sheikh £4.7m (€5.6m).

Kerry Katona was given a reprieve by a UK High Court bankruptcy registrar today in her battle with the taxman.

The controversial Lisbon Treaty reaches its final UK parliamentary hurdle today - amid claims the deal is already dead.

Virgin Media said today that it will take BSkyB to the high court if its dispute over the carriage of Sky channels on its UK service is not resolved within 30 days.

A secret code has been hidden in a UK High Court judgement by the judge at the centre of the Da Vinci Code copyright trial.

AIRLINES including Aer Lingus and Ryanair will find out this week if they are likely to be successful in overturning new EU legislation that forces them to pay improved compensation to disgruntled passengers.

Hello! Magazine today won its challenge to a High Court order that it should pay more than £1m to its rival Ok! Magazine.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has claimed he will be unaffected by a landmark UK High Court ruling.

The woman at the centre of the UK High Court “Indecent Proposal” slander case is to be questioned by a QC via video link from Israel today.

Pub landlord Gary Marlow today won £40,000 (€58,000) UK High Court damages over the cancellation of a gig by Van Morrison.

A lager-fuelled attack on management by Chris Evans during his breakfast show triggered his break-up with Virgin Radio, it was alleged at the UK High Court today.