 and Janice Wright (right)Credit: Champion News Yvonne Rogers was locked into a decade-long neighbours dispute over the potted plantsCredit: Champion News Janice Wright is hoping her shared drive will be returned to its former glory following the court caseCredit: Champion News The neighbours first clashed back in 2012, after Yvonne planted a massive garden out of pot plants on her side of their drive in Allenby Grove, Portchester, Hants. The two have since been squabbling in ten year dispute over the issue, as infuriated Janice complained that the pots and overgrown foliage block her right of way over the driveway. Mrs Wright also claims it makes it hard for her to push her grandkid's buggy to her house. The neighbours' have been locked in a ding-dong legal battle over their shared driveway, with each owning half of its width but having a right of way over it all. For neighbours disputing the boundary of their property, it is recommended that they enlist a surveyor to draw up a detailed plan which both parties can sign and submit to the Land Registry. Solicitors can also act as a mediator for quarrelling neighbours, with court action advised only as a last resort. Now, following the decade-long rivalry that saw Janice take her neighbour to court, Yvonne faces a £30,000 legal bill after losing the case. Ms Rogers was also slapped with a suspended jail term after ignoring a court order to get her pot plants off the drive. Alongside the pesky plants, she also positioned her wheelie bins and garden ornaments along the drive, and allowed trees and plant){kind=link}
A PENSIONER has been hit with a £30,000 court bill after blocking a drive with pot plants during a ten-year war with her next-door neighbour.
Retired taxi driver Yvonne Rogers, 72, has been slapped with the hefty penalty after being sued by grandmother Janice Wright over their shared-drive rivalry.
The neighbours first clashed back in 2012, after Yvonne planted a massive garden out of pot plants on her side of their drive in Allenby Grove, Portchester, Hants.
The two have since been squabbling in ten year dispute over the issue, as infuriated Janice complained that the pots and overgrown foliage block her right of way over the driveway.
Mrs Wright also claims it makes it hard for her to push her grandkid’s buggy to her house.