@lisalight I was also getting the problem of <p>. I found one solution in this forum. You can give value ‘false’ in
if ( ! defined( 'WPCF7_AUTOP' ) )
define( 'WPCF7_AUTOP', false );
in wp-contact-form-7.php. Default value is ‘true’, thats making problems.
Refer this link also…
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-use-fieldset-false-p-tags-around?replies=4
Thanks mate… I was looking for this solution. 🙂 but do u know, how can we lift the validation display message (Validation errors occurred. Please confirm the fields and submit it again.) on top of the page ? Thanks…