Required Reading: Japanese knotweed & the law
As the number of legal cases involving Japanese knotweed continue to rise, Rachel Redwood explains how a vendor in SW London has ended up facing a bill of £200k, and what buyers and sellers need to know about the invasive plant causing havoc for homeowners...

Rachel Redwood is a Residential Property Lawyer at Kingsley Napley LLP
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