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Furniture designer, 30, who found Japanese knotweed behind his shed when he moved into his £700k dream home successfully sues seller and leaves him facing £200,000 court bill after he denied plant was growing in garden
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Furniture designer, 30, who found Japanese knotweed behind his shed when he moved into his £700k dream home successfully sues seller and leaves him facing £200,000 court bill after he denied plant was growing in garden

A furniture designer who bought his £700,000 dream home only to find Japanese knotweed lurking behind the garden shed (pictured) has successfully sued the seller

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Network Rail Infrastructure v Williams & Waistell [2018] EWCA Civ 1514
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Network Rail Infrastructure v Williams & Waistell [2018] EWCA Civ 1514

With Japanese knotweed claims against surveyors on the rise, the outcome of Network Rail’s appeal against the first instance decision in the case brought by two homeowners, Mr Williams and Mr Waistell, has been awaited with interest.

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Two recent milestones in Japanese knotweed litigation
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Two recent milestones in Japanese knotweed litigation

In the landmark case of Williams & Waistell v Network Rail a Cardiff Court found Network Rail responsible for an actionable nuisance for failing to take steps to prevent Japanese knotweed from blighting properties lying close to its railway embankment. Network Rail appealed and the

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