Neighbour boundary dispute leaves one with fractured nose and eye socket

Peter Smythe, a 74 year old pensioner, appeared in court accused of leaving his neighbour Nigel Clark with a fractured nose and eye socket after hitting him with a leaf blower outside their homes during a dispute over a boundary ditch.

Clark told the court he and his wife, Hervor, were hoping to buy Peter and Gillian Smythe’s house in about 2013/14 but the sale fell through. He then bought Linnel House next door, demolished it and built a new property.

A landscape gardener had done work to the ditch a few weeks before the confrontation.

Clark told the court he was unaware of any problem between them. He said that on 4th July he walked past Smythe and said ‘Hello’.

He told the court, “He said the ditch is half his and I said, ‘It’s not’. I said it’s definitely mine. Very quickly he became quite heated so I said, ‘Calm down.’”

The trial continues.

Neighbour boundary dispute

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Call Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 785 3534 or email sm@wrigleyclaydon.com.

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Shalish is an experienced dispute resolution solicitor who joined the firm in 2002 ago upon qualifying as a solicitor and provides a proactive approach whilst retaining the personal touch to help you achieve the best possible outcome for your case. He acts on behalf of both private individuals and commercial clients. He can assist and advise at any stage of a dispute including mediation through to court action and injunctions. Shalish is a keen sportsman, regularly playing cricket and five-a-side football and also watching live sport. He enjoys city breaks and takes great pleasure in sampling different cuisines from around the world. Shalish is fluent in Gujarati and will happily represent those for whom Guajarati is the first language, in English. He is also happy to offer his services as a translator to our clients as necessary. What clients say about Shalish: “We feel the service was perfect and found our solicitor, Shalish Mehta, very professional and helpful in all aspects”