Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council

Subject Matter

NUISANCE — Private — Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed growing on defendant’s land encroaching onto claimant’s land — Whether damages for diminution in value of claimant’s land recoverable — Whether irrecoverable as pure economic loss

[2023] EWCA Civ 80; [2023] 1 WLR 1551; [2023] 4 All ER 623; [2023] HLR 28; [2023] Env LR 21; [2023] WLR(D) 70, CA

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

[2024] UKSC 15; [2025] AC 434; [2024] 2 WLR 1237; [2024] 3 All ER 641; [2024] WLR(D) 202, SC(E)

Appellate History

Commentary

UK Human Rights Blog
2023: Year of the Nuisance? Case comment

UK Supreme Court Blog
Case Preview: Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council Case comment