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If neighbour A significantly reduces the height of a hedge (that neighbour A does not own), can neighbour B claim damages for loss of privacy from neighbour A?

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A party can generally only cut back or prune hedges or trees which are overhanging their boundary, up to the boundary. If hedges or trees are cut back beyond the boundary, or the other party crosses the boundary to Carry out the cutting back or pruning, then they may be liable in trespass and/or nuisance to the other party. See commentary: Right to lop overhanging trees: Halsbury's Laws of England.

However, if the neighbour was exercising a legal right, such as an abatement of a nuisance, this may be a defence

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