"Elizabeth2108" wrote in message

Please can anyone tell me who is legally responsible for maintaining a
hedge planted in someone's garden but growing over the fence into
someone else's garden - my neighbor's hedge is overhanging my garden by
about 60cms and I have asked them to help cut it back to their side of
the fence but they have refused to help out and I'm just wondering where
I stand legally.

I see that you are posting to the UK based gardenbanter forum. If you are
in the UK, you would be better off asking this in the uk gardening group
(uk.rec.gardening) than in this group which has international posters.

If the UK rules are anything like in Australia then it is your
responsibility to deal with anything on your side of the fence - not a cm
more though than to the fence line - you cannot cut back into the
neighbour's side of the fence.