Doglaw Ltd: Doglaw SOS

18/08/2026

Over 1,200 people are already booked onto Trevor Cooper's FREE webinar which is on Thursday evening: "Protecting Your Reactive Dog: What Every Owner Needs to Know About the Law". Have you registered yet? During this one-hour live webinar, Doglaw specialist Solicitor Trevor Cooper (+ his colleague Jack Sullivan) will aim to cover various topics including:-

🐾 Dog-on-dog incidents
🐾 Complaints from neighbours
🐾 Police involvement
🐾 The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
🐾 Civil liability
🐾 Practical steps owners can take to reduce legal risk

The webinar will not be recorded, and relates solely to the law in England & Wales.

📅 Thursday 20 August 2026
🕖 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm

If you own a reactive dog - or work with owners who do - I hope you'll join us. Please share this post with anyone who may find it helpful.
Registration is via Eventbrite (see link below).

Presented by Doglaw specialist solicitor Trevor Cooper, this webinar is aimed at informing owners of reactive dogs.

16/04/2025

Just in case you missed it, Trevor has produced a free video presentation updating you on the most important changes in English Doglaw from 2020 to now.

It lasts just over 20 minutes and we're happy for you to send the link to anyone that you want to.
You can get immediate access to this free video at the following YouTube link:

Solicitor Trevor Cooper provides an overview of the new developments in the law in English Doglaw from 2020 to now. The information in this video is correct ...

15/04/2025

Wishing you all a very happy easter from the team at Cooper & Co!

11/04/2025

For the first time, we have published an e'petition on the Parliament website. As many of you know, a lot of our work involves civil disputes involving a family pet and we have found over the years that Courts often regard the pet as just another kind of possession, which has a limited open market value and where the case can take months (+ in some cases years) to get finalised at Court.

So we are bringing this to the attention of Parliament in the linked petition which aims to bring about change. If we can get at least 10,000 signatures then the Government will be required to give a response to the proposals we are making.
If you want to help, please circulate this widely!

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/714902?fbclid=IwY2xjawJmCS9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHl-IAt0Rnj90Y_FkZNKWbyVdmbTMI9_nOTMaXd9a6VgKl7YU7vziFTR_3r_2_aem_MC5QzhLpiBDihTqygL2dNw

We want legislation to: 1. Make a pet's welfare the paramount consideration when Courts resolve disputes over their ownership and possession. 2. Recognise a pet's true value as being the value to its owner, not just its open market price. 3. Require Court cases regarding pets to be expedited.

12/04/2024

Congratulations to Yvonne, who won our prize draw held for those who provided feedback after our recent seminars.

03/04/2024

https://www.doglawsos.co.uk/doglaw-seminars/

03/04/2024

MORE DATES ADDED : Now that Spring has arrived, Doglaw specialist Solicitor Trevor Cooper is going back on the road with even more dates + venues of his c.3.5 hr talk on “Doglaw: What every dog owner needs to know”. The map below shows how far and wide Trevor is travelling throughout England & Wales at weekends. Many more dates have been added since we last posted the schedule.
The seminars are aimed at being informative as well as entertaining, so be prepared to have a giggle. No prior legal knowledge is required and so are likely to be useful to both owners as well as professionals, as it will give you an overview of the main civil and criminal laws that impact on dogs, their owners and their keepers.
Even if you’ve been before, come along to see what changes there have been (including to Trevor’s hair!?!) and to refresh your knowledge. A Certificate of Attendance will be supplied as a pdf. The price remains unchanged at £20 per person which we like to think represents amazing value for money.
So whether you’re a seasoned ‘Doglaw Groupie’ or a first timer, we’d love to see you. You can book places online at https://www.doglawsos.co.uk/doglaw-seminars/ or call Doglaw Ltd on 0800 999 3647 during normal office hours. The full schedule of dates and venues are on the subsequent slides.

02/04/2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-lost-pets-to-return-home-as-microchipping-system-reformed

14/03/2024

Some clarification of when an XL Bully type dog must be neutered

08/03/2024

Trevor and Jack are on Stand 118 in Hall 3 at Crufts so please pop along and say hello. Later today, at around 7.45pm, Trevor is scheduled to be chatting with Claire Balding on Channel 4 about the XL Bully ban.