The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2025] AC 434
Supreme Court
Davies
v
Bridgend County Borough Council
[2024] UKSC 15
2024 Feb 27; May 8
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens, Lady Simler JJSC
Nuisance— Private— Japanese knotweed— Japanese knotweed on defendant’s land encroaching onto claimant’s land— Encroachment occurring years before defendant in breach of duty in nuisance for failing properly to treat knotweed— Whether breach of duty causing residual diminution in value of claimant’s land after knotweed properly treated— Whether damages for such diminution in value recoverable