We highlighted this rather mad story last week. Now there’s a conclusion, of sorts
The Lawyer (UK) reports ……Grainger Plc has been ordered to pay Steptoe & Johnson London managing partner Brendan Patterson £100,000 on account of costs in the long-running saga over a lime tree.
The property company’s subsidiary BPT Ltd must make the payment before 16 December with further costs to be outlined following a detailed costs assessment.
Grainger has also been denied permission to appeal a July ruling that said it did not have permission to enter Patterson’s property and prune the tree in question.
The row centres on a lime tree in the front garden of a north London property owned by Grainger. Patterson, who lives next door, says the tree has caused damage to his property and has launched a separate case against Grainger making allegations of fraud and seeking more than £800,000 in damages.
Grainger, its directors and insurer are being advised by a raft of heavyweight law firms on the matter including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Olswang, Clyde & Co and DWF.
Meanwhile Patterson has instructed his own firm, Steptoe, on the ongoing dispute.
The costs order was handed down on 2 December in the central London county court.
It formed the latest update in the bitter feud which has so far spanned three years.
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Grainger ordered to pay £100k to Steptoe London head in lime tree row
