Overview

Disruption and interference to a neighbour is often an unavoidable consequence of redevelopment works to a property. At what point however does the disruption caused by construction work become an actionable nuisance? Can a neighbour simply be made to endure long term disruption without remedy?

In the recent case of Jones and Another v Ruth and Another, the Technology and Construction Court considered interference caused to a neighbour where a builder had taken more than four years to renovate a terraced house.

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