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General Legal Advice Questions

Our neighbours have built up a flower bed and planted trees and shrubs against our boundary wall without our permission, the plants are preventing me maintaining it.

We would like to know how we would stand if someone was bitten by our dogs after climbing into a fenced area where there’s no gate?

I gave a decorator some money for materials, but the work was never started. He was ordered to pay me £800 when I took him to court under the small claims procedure twelve months ago, but I have never received any money. How long will he be able to flout the law?

My property was recently refurbished by the council, and some of my possessions were placed with a storage company for six months. When I got them back many items were damaged or missing, including some of great sentimental value. I have been offered compensation by the council, but they say this is limited. Should I take this down a legal route?

My bank account seems to be getting bigger and bigger even though I’’m not paying anything into it! According to my bank statement it looks as though I’m still being paid by the firm I left three months ago. If I use this money can I be charged with theft? What’s the legal position?

Six years ago I needed to repaint the end wall of my cottage and I had a problem getting my neighbour to move two large sections of trellis work he’’d fastened to it, now the work needs doing again. Can I insist that the top half of the trellis isn’’t replaced this time? It reaches right up to the level of the roof.

Our new neighbours put their dog into their back yard every night. It’s constant barking until midnight and beyond keeps us awake since we’re pensioners and retire early. Is there anything that can be done?

Four years ago I had a double garage built on the side of my house with the intention of making an extra bedroom above it at a later date. I obtained the necessary planning permission, had all the searches done at the town hall and the foundations were checked by a council inspector. They’’ve now discovered that the garage is built over a main drain, so I can’’t proceed. The council is blaming the architect and vice versa. I’ would have moved house if I’’d known that an extra bedroom was out of the question.

I took my petrol mower in to be serviced and have the blade sharpened, but when I went to collect it I was presented with a bill for £120, which is more than the mower is worth. When I refused to pay he kept the machine and is threatening to sell it in order to recover his money.

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