Council must pay damages in Japanese knotweed claim brought by neighbouring property owner, Court of Appeal rules
The Court of Appeal has overturned lower court rulings that diminution in value in Japanese knotweed cases is irrecoverable economic loss and ordered a council in Wales to pay £4,900 in damages to a property owner. The appellant in Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 80) purchased a house in Nant-y-moel in 2004 as…
