Overview
- High Court judge Sir Anthony Mann upheld the Mayor’s and City County Court’s 2023 boundary ruling in favour of Dr Jyotibala Patel and Vasos Vassili.
- Mann rejected Christel Naish’s challenge to historic conveyance interpretations and branded the fight over a few inches of “dead space” as “not worth arguing about.”
- The appeal added more than £30,000 to Naish’s legal costs, bringing her total liability to about £280,000.
- Naish’s separate appeal against the 65% cost apportionment awarded to her neighbours remains pending and will be heard at a later date.
- Judges at both county and High Court levels have warned that minor boundary disputes can incur disproportionate legal fees and strain neighbour relations.