No action or contact from neighbours solicitors

Dantheman_3141

ThisIsWeird said:

In what way is the neighbour still being a nuisance?
Do you have solid Legal Protection included in your house policy? If not, add it.

Sorry I forgot to reply to this. Yes we have legal cover on our home insurance

ThisIsWeird

Dantheman_3141 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

In what way is the neighbour still being a nuisance?
Do you have solid Legal Protection included in your house policy? If not, add it.

Sorry I forgot to reply to this. Yes we have legal cover on our home insurance

Good - well done. Your LP should cover you against any future, or continued, claim by the neighbour for this land. You have seemingly done everything correct - surveyors, etc - to confirm it's not his, so any claim by him is moot.

So if the neighb resurrects his claim, then contact your LP. 

Don't be concerned about you 'provoking' this - the guy will either start it up again, or he won't. And if he does, it'll almost certainly run the same path as previously - you gave a detailed, evidenced, response, and his solicitor almost certainly recommended he 'drop it'. He almost certainly won't get LegProt assistance with his claim, so he'll be financing this on his own. You, however, have done the literal groundwork, so if your neighb challenges this again, you should have your LP on your side.

Have you used your LP yet on this issue?

I certainly would not allow that 'dispute' to govern how to respond to the neighbour's ongoing behaviour - it's an irrelevance. You, rightly, tackling his behaviour won't 'prompt' him to chase ownership again, as that is either something he deems worth pursuing in any case, or it isn't - and almost certainly he's been advised it 'isn't'.

You have also done the groundwork in terms of his A-Social behaviour; you have a 'community resolution order' that the police served to him, and then the council issued him a 'community protection notice'. Fab! Well done! That is the main step. Now, the guy should be on the defensive, and be treading carefully - and the only reason he seemingly isn't is because you aren't hammering him over his subsequent behaviour. You are letting him off.

I urge you - a zero-tolerance approach. CCTV everything. Write down an account of everything - even a sneer. Build up a few undeniable incidences, and you take this to the authorities, and insist they escalate. If they don't, then you make a 'formal' complaint. Then they will...

You have this 'ole on the back foot, so push him over. If any other neighbours are also annoyed by his a-s behaviour enough to make a complaint, then that would be very useful.

Leave the matter of the land out of any discussion - you can demonstrate it AIN'T his. So his behaviour is not remotely justified in any respect.

Clobber him.

However, if you have been advised by your solicitor to allow a wee bit more time as it may help an AP claim, then just keep recording and logging the incidents for the time being. Don't be intimidated by him - you go about your life normally, knowing that you are capturing all this, and the day will come.

And then sort out the land under professional guidance when the time is right. Get CCTV covering that area too...

user1977

ThisIsWeird said:

Dantheman_3141 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

In what way is the neighbour still being a nuisance?
Do you have solid Legal Protection included in your house policy? If not, add it.

Sorry I forgot to reply to this. Yes we have legal cover on our home insurance

Your LP should cover you against any future, or continued, claim by the neighbour for this land.

I'm not sure how readily the insurers will pick up a claim which relates to a long-running issue.

ThisIsWeird

user1977 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Dantheman_3141 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

In what way is the neighbour still being a nuisance?
Do you have solid Legal Protection included in your house policy? If not, add it.

Sorry I forgot to reply to this. Yes we have legal cover on our home insurance

Your LP should cover you against any future, or continued, claim by the neighbour for this land.

I'm not sure how readily the insurers will pick up a claim which relates to a long-running issue.

His LP is already in place.

The OP hasn't clarified whether he's used his LP yet on this issue, or paid for a separate solicitor - but I ain't going to jump to conclusions.

user1977

ThisIsWeird said:

user1977 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Dantheman_3141 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

In what way is the neighbour still being a nuisance?
Do you have solid Legal Protection included in your house policy? If not, add it.

Sorry I forgot to reply to this. Yes we have legal cover on our home insurance

Your LP should cover you against any future, or continued, claim by the neighbour for this land.

I'm not sure how readily the insurers will pick up a claim which relates to a long-running issue.

His LP is already in place.

The OP hasn't clarified whether he's used his LP yet on this issue, or paid for a separate solicitor - but I ain't going to jump to conclusions.

Insurers usually want to be running the show from day one, not having to sort it out after somebody else has got legally involved.

bobster2

Surely insurers would only want to get involved over disputes regarding land which the policy holder owns - or believes they own? E.g protecting an owner against a claim of adverse possesion.

But the OP is now saying they want to gain ownership of some land through adverse possession? Do insurers help with that?

user1977

bobster2 said:

Surely insurers would only want to get involved over disputes regarding land which the policy holder owns - or believes they own? E.g protecting an owner against a claim of adverse possesion.

No, legal protection includes any sort of dispute, it doesn't need to relate to the title.

Section62

ThisIsWeird said:

Dantheman_3141 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

In what way is the neighbour still being a nuisance?
Do you have solid Legal Protection included in your house policy? If not, add it.

Sorry I forgot to reply to this. Yes we have legal cover on our home insurance

Good - well done. Your LP should cover you against any future, or continued, claim by the neighbour for this land. You have seemingly done everything correct - surveyors, etc - to confirm it's not his, so any claim by him is moot.

So if the neighb resurrects his claim, then contact your LP. 

Don't be concerned about you 'provoking' this - the guy will either start it up again, or he won't. And if he does, it'll almost certainly run the same path as previously - you gave a detailed, evidenced, response, and his solicitor almost certainly recommended he 'drop it'. He almost certainly won't get LegProt assistance with his claim, so he'll be financing this on his own. You, however, have done the literal groundwork, so if your neighb challenges this again, you should have your LP on your side.

Have you used your LP yet on this issue?

I certainly would not allow that 'dispute' to govern how to respond to the neighbour's ongoing behaviour - it's an irrelevance. You, rightly, tackling his behaviour won't 'prompt' him to chase ownership again, as that is either something he deems worth pursuing in any case, or it isn't - and almost certainly he's been advised it 'isn't'.

You have also done the groundwork in terms of his A-Social behaviour; you have a 'community resolution order' that the police served to him, and then the council issued him a 'community protection notice'. Fab! Well done! That is the main step. Now, the guy should be on the defensive, and be treading carefully - and the only reason he seemingly isn't is because you aren't hammering him over his subsequent behaviour. You are letting him off.

I urge you - a zero-tolerance approach. CCTV everything. Write down an account of everything - even a sneer. Build up a few undeniable incidences, and you take this to the authorities, and insist they escalate. If they don't, then you make a 'formal' complaint. Then they will...

You have this 'ole on the back foot, so push him over. If any other neighbours are also annoyed by his a-s behaviour enough to make a complaint, then that would be very useful.

Leave the matter of the land out of any discussion - you can demonstrate it AIN'T his. So his behaviour is not remotely justified in any respect.

Clobber him.

However, if you have been advised by your solicitor to allow a wee bit more time as it may help an AP claim, then just keep recording and logging the incidents for the time being. Don't be intimidated by him - you go about your life normally, knowing that you are capturing all this, and the day will come.

And then sort out the land under professional guidance when the time is right. Get CCTV covering that area too...

"Hammering" and "clobbering" a neighbour is a good way to get the authorities to treat you as being equally responsibile for issues and potentially treat your actions as ASB.

The OP should deal with it by just behaving like a normal human being.  Be the better person.  Let the authorities do their job.

ThisIsWeird

Section62 said:

"Hammering" and "clobbering" a neighbour is a good way to get the authorities to treat you as being equally responsibile for issues and potentially treat your actions as ASB.

The OP should deal with it by just behaving like a normal human being.  Be the better person.  Let the authorities do their job.

Give it a rest, S62.

You know what I am saying - capture and report this anti-social fellow to the authorities. That's IT. You know that this is always what I've said.

In fact, in that post you cite, I did say, "Don't be intimidated by him - you go about your life normally, knowing that you are capturing all this, and the day will come." You know - like the 'normal human being' that you cite.

I have never ever ever suggested that anyone take any form of personal action that could be seen as retaliatory, in fact I have always stated to maintain the higher moral ground - highlight the difference between the two parties.

You clobber them with the law, statutory or criminal. If you don't, they will most likely remain emboldened, and this will just not go away.

You know this.

millie

If the LP was added to the policy after the start of the dispute which was in 2021 they will not represent you