Boundary Dispute
Two properties, which had been built about 75 years ago, were separated by a wooden fence.
The fence was not on a straight line and in places tilted towards one garden and in other places towards the other garden.
One householder had sold the rear part of the garden to a developer, who wanted a legal agreement as to where the boundary was situated.
Documents supplied by the Land Registry did not clearly demarcate the position of the boundary.
After nearly a year of argument and the appointment of solicitors litigation commenced and the Court strongly advise the parties to mediate.
The neighbours resolve their dispute at the end of a five hour Mediation by agreeing that an independent land surveyor be appointed to establish the boundary as a straight line running between the side of a brick pier built at the corner of a patio behind one of the houses and an ancient steel angle post positioned on the fence line at the rear of the gardens.
One of the householders wrote the mediator a letter expressing gratitude for the help given in resolving the dispute and stating that over £20,000 in legal fees would have been avoided if the matter had been mediated when the dispute first arose.