Recently, there have been some headline-grabbing court decisions which have appeared to uphold the interests of neighbouring owners against developers. Have the courts decided that it is time for David to stand up to Goliath and that developers need teaching a lesson?
Of course, if all started after the decision in HXRUK II (CHC) Ltd v Heaney [2010] at the end of last year, when an injunction was granted requiring the removal of the upper storeys of a development which had interfered with an adjoining owner’s rights of light.
