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<blockquote data-quote="Goweresque" data-source="post: 9158528" data-attributes="member: 818"><p>Its not going to make it better if you fill the slight depression in with soil, if anything it'll make it worse. At the moment the depression has to fill up with water before it flows over into his garden, if the depression is filled level with the hedge then the run-off goes straight into his garden instead. </p><p></p><p>You haven't altered anything. If you'd drained the field and put the outfall opposite his garden, or something like that, then he might have a case, as it is its entirely natural forces at work, and you aren't responsible for them. Any solicitor who is honest (a long shot I know!) should tell him he's not got any case at all, and he needs to direct the water around his house in some way. </p><p></p><p>I guess it depends how much of a d*ck he's being. There are probably things you could do to help, or allow him to get done on your land at his expense, like create a sump in your field at the low spot and then dig a trench and pipe it round the corner to the lane (which presumably has a ditch?). But if he's behaving like a complete idiot over it then ignore him, and let him stew in his own new garden pond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goweresque, post: 9158528, member: 818"] Its not going to make it better if you fill the slight depression in with soil, if anything it'll make it worse. At the moment the depression has to fill up with water before it flows over into his garden, if the depression is filled level with the hedge then the run-off goes straight into his garden instead. You haven't altered anything. If you'd drained the field and put the outfall opposite his garden, or something like that, then he might have a case, as it is its entirely natural forces at work, and you aren't responsible for them. Any solicitor who is honest (a long shot I know!) should tell him he's not got any case at all, and he needs to direct the water around his house in some way. I guess it depends how much of a d*ck he's being. There are probably things you could do to help, or allow him to get done on your land at his expense, like create a sump in your field at the low spot and then dig a trench and pipe it round the corner to the lane (which presumably has a ditch?). But if he's behaving like a complete idiot over it then ignore him, and let him stew in his own new garden pond. [/QUOTE]
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