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From: "Kay Easton"
Newsgroups: uk.rec.gardening
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: OAPs fught over Hedge



It'll offer a legal way to settle a dispute. Whether it will settle it
'fairly' is another matter entirely.


The proposed law attempts to make provision wrt the unreasonable
complainant.

(2)If the authority consider—

(a) that the complainant has not taken all reasonable steps to resolve the
matters complained of without proceeding by way of such a complaint

to the authority, or

(be)that the complaint is frivolous or vexatious,

the authority may decide that the complaint should not be proceeded with


But of course, as in any dispute, legal or otherwise that is not solved by
mutual agreement but by external ruling, one side will feel aggrieved.

pk