Jordan v Norfolk CC
Jordan v Norfolk CC
- 1994
- All England Law Reports (1994) 4 AllER 218-224(4) .
ChD 11 May 1994. N caused a sewage pipe to be laid through J`s land, without permission, and cut down numerous trees in the process. N was held to have trespased, and was ordered to remove the pipe and replace the trees. J was granted £25,000 damages. To replant the area, J`s consultant estimated costs of up to £300,000, in contrast to N`s estimate of £25,000. N sought a determination that J`s estimate was not `reasonably practicable` as required by the court`s mandatory order. "Held", in N`s favour, that the judge could not have intended costs so large in relation to the land`s value and ordered appointment of a new landscape architect.
JONES V SHERWOOD COMPUTER SERVICES PLC 1992
JORDAN V NORFOLK CC
REPLACEMENT COSTS
SEWER PIPE
TREES
TRESPASS
ChD 11 May 1994. N caused a sewage pipe to be laid through J`s land, without permission, and cut down numerous trees in the process. N was held to have trespased, and was ordered to remove the pipe and replace the trees. J was granted £25,000 damages. To replant the area, J`s consultant estimated costs of up to £300,000, in contrast to N`s estimate of £25,000. N sought a determination that J`s estimate was not `reasonably practicable` as required by the court`s mandatory order. "Held", in N`s favour, that the judge could not have intended costs so large in relation to the land`s value and ordered appointment of a new landscape architect.
JONES V SHERWOOD COMPUTER SERVICES PLC 1992
JORDAN V NORFOLK CC
REPLACEMENT COSTS
SEWER PIPE
TREES
TRESPASS