Has anyone heard of:

[daltontrees]

The Right to Light Law was written in Victorian times when homeworkers in cities were having the light the needed to undertake their work denied by new taller and closer buildings (visualise Victorian slums). Therefore you have no right to light unless the room which is in shade is also the one where you undertake your main source of income and the shade is sufficient to stop you doing your work.

 

Sorry to have to disagree but I think some of what you say is incorrect. Rights to light have been recognised as easements for at least 800 years. Their acquisition by passage of time (20 years) was clarified and tidied up by legislation in 1832. It doesn't have to be a workplace, it can be a house that is not used for working.

[john k]

A customer of mine has received a letter from next doors solicitor saying that the trees are too large and too close to their windows, and that by law they have to be taken down.

 

I have not heard of this, and think that they are trying to pull a fast one.

 

 

 

As usual helpful or other wise advice is appreciated.

 

 

In my experience solicitors have a tendency to rely more on bluster and intimidation than a realistic application of the law.

 

Depending on the actual wording of the letter and the circumstances I'd go for one of the following approaches:

 

1 Talk to the neighbour, and ignore the solicitor. It just might turn out to be easy to resolve.

 

2 Ask the solicitor for clarification (if you think they might actually have something, or if you want to give them a bit more rope)

 

3 Write a firmly worded letter to the solicitors letting them know that they are chancers and that you understand the law.

[slack ma girdle]

In my experience solicitors have a tendency to rely more on bluster and intimidation than a realistic application of the law.

 

Depending on the actual wording of the letter and the circumstances I'd go for one of the following approaches:

 

1 Talk to the neighbour, and ignore the solicitor. It just might turn out to be easy to resolve.

 

2 Ask the solicitor for clarification (if you think they might actually have something, or if you want to give them a bit more rope)

 

3 Write a firmly worded letter to the solicitors letting them know that they are chancers and that you understand the law.

 

Cheers John