How To Be A Project Advocate By Diffusing Adjacent Neighbor Tensions
In Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has reaffirmed that encroachment of Japanese knotweed onto neighbouring land can amount to a nuisance and, for the first time, acknowledged...more
The court reversed a decision to grant an implied easement between two homeowners but upheld granting an equitable easement. Romero v. Shih, 78 Cal. App. 5th 326 (2022). The two parcels in question were owned originally...more
Most easements are created by a recorded instrument. Not so with one of the more exotic species of easement — the “equitable easement.” A case recently published by California’s Second Appellate District — Romero v. Shih...more
A trespass by way of encroachment occurs when a building, structure, or other “thing” (as opposed to person or animal), goes beyond the boundaries of the owner’s land onto adjoining land without the permission or consent of...more