Residential Property

• Japanese Knotweed Victim Wins Compensation in Landmark Nuisance Case

  • Posted2 May 2023

  Landowners should sit up and take notice of the Court of Appeal’s ground-breaking decision to award thousands of pounds in compensation to a property investor, the value of whose land...

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• Let Down by a Cowboy Builder? Your Complaints Should Not Go Unheard

  • Posted11 April 2023

  So-called ‘cowboy’ builders who demand overpayment for delayed and shoddy work are a curse on householders. However, as a Court of Appeal ruling showed, the law takes a tough line...

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• Restrictive Covenants – Objectors Succeed in Blocking Flats Development

  • Posted29 March 2023

  If a neighbour has been granted planning permission for a development to which you object, you may feel that there is little or nothing you can do about it. As...

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• Property Investment – Professional Supervision is Vital to Guard Against Fraud

  • Posted24 February 2023

  Fraud is a very real risk faced by investors in property developments and that is why detailed professional supervision of projects is so essential. The point was powerfully made by...

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• Increase in Rainfall Looms Large in High Court Neighbours’ Dispute

  • Posted2 February 2023

  In a head-turning decision, the High Court has acknowledged that increased rainfall arising from environmental changes was one cause of excess seepage of water from a landowner’s field into a...

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• Residents Blighted by Noise Nuisance Granted High Court Abatement Order

  • Posted12 January 2023

  If the tranquillity of your home is blighted by noise or any other form of nuisance, you don’t have to just grin and bear it. In a case on point,...

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