Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Williams & anor [2018] EWCA Civ 1514

Japanese knotweed: Untangling the law

Gavin Winter considers the options for private landowners whose property is affected by the growth of Japanese knotweed on neighbouring land ‘It is an accepted position in law that a landowner does not have a duty to report the presence of Japanese knotweed, nor eradicate or treat it in a domestic setting.’ Japanese knotweed (Fallopia …

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Japanese knotweed: The case continues

Claire Petricca-Riding, Felicity Wimbush and Alexandra Jones explore the implications of a judgment which held that Japanese knotweed in some circumstances can amount to an actionable nuisance ‘The 2018 Court of Appeal judgment sets a precedent; the spread or encroachment of Japanese knotweed is an actionable nuisance where the knotweed constitutes an “unreasonable interference” with …

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Japanese knotweed: Tangled in knots

Sanjay Davé reviews the implications of a recent Court of Appeal case ‘The Court of Appeal held that private nuisance claims, at their very core, concern the protection of the owner of land and their use and enjoyment of it, rather than protection of the market value of property.’ Japanese knotweed has blighted UK properties …

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