The issue
This large rural estate contacted us with an issue concerning the installation of a new private drainage pipe.The pipe would run from our client’s estate across a route that went over several fields belonging to a neighbouring landowner. The installation was necessary due to the degradation and alleged leaking of the estate’s old pipe.
The neighbouring landowner claimed damages and compensation of circa £100,000, in claims of nuisance, costs of own works, and loss of profit.
The landowner also demanded a significant five figure sum to give consent to a new easement, that he said was necessary to record the installation of the new drainage pipe across his land.
How we helped
We were able to conduct a comprehensive review of the historical documents and deeds of the affected areas of land, and advise and establish that sufficient paths of drainage already existed in favour of our client.This, together with robust, legal rebuttals of the claims being made by the neighbouring landowner, meant that we were ultimately successful in negotiating a full and final settlement for our client which established the required access rights, for a fraction of the sum originally demanded by the neighbouring landowner.
The dispute was resolved, and our client’s rights of drainage established and preserved.
