Residents on a road of Victorian terraces are locked in a bitter legal battle with a neighbour after she barricaded a communal walkway with a garden trellis. Police were called last month when Julia Hartley, 53, erected the four-foot tall trellis fence along with a sign which read, ‘Private 14-8’, on Common Road in Evesham, … Read more
Former accountant Bridget Kelly, who retired to the 50-strong village of Rosgill in the Lake District with her partner Richard Wozniak, says her life has been ruined by the ordeal and she lives in fear.
Former accountant Bridget Kelly, who retired to the 50-strong village of Rosgill in the Lake District with her partner Richard Wozniak, says her life has been ruined by the ordeal and she lives in fear.
A husband and wife continue to fight for their lives in hospital following the suspected gas explosion which killed their two-year-old neighbour. George Arthur Hinds, aged two years and 10 months, was killed by the blast on Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, Lancashire, on Sunday. A married couple who are neighbours to the toddler’s family, named locally … Read more
A husband and wife continue to fight for their lives in hospital following the suspected gas explosion which killed their two-year-old neighbour. George Arthur Hinds, aged two years and 10 months, was killed by the blast on Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, Lancashire, on Sunday. A married couple who are neighbours to the toddler’s family, named locally … Read more
Homeowners locked in disputes with neighbours over misplaced fences are being offered a new solution which could save them hundreds of thousands of pounds in costly court battles, This is Money can reveal. Property lawyers told of cases where neighbours had spent more than a quarter of a million pounds trying to address boundary issues, … Read more
My neighbour’s tree is blocking the sunlight in my garden. With every year the tree grows taller, the problem worsens. I have made a number of polite requests to my neighbour to either prune or cut down the tree, which he has rebuffed. We now get almost no sunlight in our back garden, but he … Read more
A noisy neighbour who used three leafblowers at once during a 20-year war on those living in other homes in his leafy cul-de-sac has avoided jail. Michael Hall, 67, was given a suspended sentence by Stockport magistrates after he was taken to court by father-of-two Timothy Royle, 54. Mr Royle blasted the decision as ‘a … Read more
My boundary fence has fallen down and needs replacing but my next-door neighbour is refusing to pay. Is it not his responsibility to pay for half the upkeep cost? If so, are there any legal actions I can take to force his hand? Also, if I have to replace the fence at my own cost does … Read more
A children’s author was shot and then beaten to death by a neighbour with mental health issues, after he became convinced the victim was a spy working for Russian president Vladimir Putin to spread Covid-19, an inquest has heard. James Nash, 42, was shot in the front garden of his home in the hamlet of … Read more