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"BAC" writes:
| "w.g.s.hamm" wrote in message
| ...
|
| Finally the New High Hedge Law will come into force on June 1st 2005
|
| Way hay. At last, I can force my neighbour to trim his flipping
| leylandii
| down to a reasonable level.
|
| No, you can't. At most, you can apply to your local authority, which
| may choose to do that. We shall discover which ones choose to, and
| which choose not to.
|
| The mere fact that I can get on to the council will get him to trim his
| hedge as he regards himself as a pillar of society and would be deeply
| ashamed that anyone knew how unreasonable he was about his hedge.
|
| Not if he doesn't believe he is being unreasonable about his hedge. Watch
| out for the phrase 'a matter of principle', usually a precursor to a juicy
| and bitterly contested dispute :-)

Where all sides come out worse off, except for the lawyers ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.