Category Archives: Dispute Resolution

Japanese Knotweed Victim Wins Compensation in Landmark Nuisance Case

Landowners should sit up and take notice of the Court of Appeal’s ground-breaking decision to...

Landowner Target of Poison-Pen Letters Receives Substantial Damages

There can be few things more wounding or worrying than to be on the receiving...

Harry & Meghan’s US Defamation Case

You may have heard in the news recently that Prince Harry & Meghan Markle will...

Neighbour Disputes – Sometimes Only the Law Can Provide a Resolution

A thin line on a small property plan can represent a metre’s width on the...

Householder Plagued by Aircraft Noise Receives £75,000 Compensation

If noise arising from major infrastructure projects disturbs your peace and diminishes the value of...

Concerned Homeowner Succeeds in Blocking Neighbours’ Extension Plans

There are few things more concerning than a proposal by your neighbours to extend their...

Relationship Ended in Acrimony? A Defamation Claim May Not Be the Answer

The acrimonious end of intimate relationships is sadly often marked by the making of wounding...

Riverside Boundary Dispute Focuses on Small-Scale Land Registry Plan

Boundaries between properties are usually marked by a line on a small-scale Land Registry plan...

What is an ‘Annoyance’? – High Court Defines the Correct Legal Test

Restrictive covenants that forbid property owners from causing annoyance, nuisance or disturbance to their neighbours...

Judge Laments Heavy Cost of Suburban Boundary Dispute

Apparently trifling neighbours’ disputes over a few inches of land have a nasty habit of...