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• Updated: 26 June 2023

Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in

• Overview

  Follow these steps if you have a dispute with your neighbour. This guide…

• Talk to your neighbour

  Before making a formal complaint or getting others involved, try to…

• Contact your neighbour's landlord

  If your neighbour is a tenant, you can complain to their landlord. This…

• Use a mediation service

  If you cannot resolve the dispute by speaking to your neighbour, you can…

• Complain about noise to the council

  You can ask your local council for help if the neighbour dispute involves…

• High hedges, trees and boundaries

  You must try to settle a dispute about a high hedge informally before the…

• Call the police

  You should call the police if your neighbour: is violent, threatening or…

• Take action through the courts

  If all else fails, you can take legal action against a neighbour. Taking…

Find legal advice to solve legal problems out of court: solicitors, pro bono lawyers, barristers, mediators and legal aid.

• Overview

  You can get legal advice and information to solve common problems, for…

• Find a legal adviser

  A legal adviser might be able to help you solve a problem, or give you…

• Solve problems out of court

  You may be able to solve your problem without going to court using…

• Going to court

  You may need to go to court to solve some legal problems. If you go to…

This guidance describes the dispute resolution services and remedies available for standard essential patents (SEPs) disputes.

• Updated: 22 July 2024

Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.

Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records

We handle complex and high value national and international business disputes, often involving parties based outside the United Kingdom. We are widely recognised as being at the forefront in the resolution of international commercial disputes. Cases that we hear include...

• Updated: 10 November 2022

Tailored reports assessing the impact on rehabilitation programmes on reoffending behaviour analysed within the previous quarter, and summary of results to date.

• Updated: 14 October 2021

Guidance on patents hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.

• Updated: 21 May 2015

This introduction to the SEPs Resource Hub sets out the Hub's structure and an overview of its contents.

• Updated: 22 July 2024