The law is an Ass on the subject or trees and hedges
The grower has the right to do what he darn well pleases as close to the
boundary as he likes and the poor person on the other side has to pick up
the tab for cutting back or the damage thats done

The only answer if someone plants trees or hedges along yoir boundary is to
religously cut back roots and branches to the boundary from day 1 then you
cant be blamed for damage to a mature specimen

Also told by an arboriculturalist that the more often you chop the roots of
Leylandi etc the quicker and more likelyhood Honey Fungus will set in and
then they wont be able to replant the things


"David" wrote in message
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In article , Essjay001
writes
bigjon scribbled:
I would think the neighbour has dammaged this tree even though he has not
killed it. He is not allowed to do that. Given that he is obviously not a
very friendly neighbour Sue him.

So even if the tree overhangs your garden you can't trim it back if its
involves damaging the tree? who decides what constitutes damage i.e. can
it be aesthetic?
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David