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[2024] WLR(D) 202
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 growing on defendant’s land encroaching onto claimant’s land— No actionable tort of private nuisance at date of encroachment— Defendant subsequently in breach of duty for failing properly to treat knotweed— Whether causal link between breach of duty and diminution in value of claimant’s land— Whether damages recoverable