Unlettered
A reader received this letter: To the residents/owners of properties adjoining Biscay Motors premises; from Mr Keats of Margravine Gardens: You may know that I am the freeholder of three properties including the above and as such I find that a tort of nuisance is occuring insofar that some of my neighbours fail to maintain their gar- dens to prevent overgrowth into my industrial premises by way of roots, branches etc. which have broken through my concrete surface and even spread into vehicles causing damage to cars of interest to collecters which can amount to a considerable sum of money. Some of you have responded as did the person recently who cut back the four foot overhang of the rose tree which caused slight laceration of my face and left hand with its thorns at face height into my premises, another brought in a tree surgeon earlier this year after complaint. Earlier this year I spent two whole days clearing over- growth of this nature as I was entitled, i.e. to abate the nuisance without giving notice as established by the House of Lords in Lemmon v. Webb (1895) how- ever it is possible as in the case of Bridges and others v. Harrow London Borough 1981 to obtain damages against the owners of the offending growth.
As you will probably know, the premises in question have a Class IV. General Industrial User Right upheld by Antho- ny Greenwood, MP upon my appeal on 5th May 1969 to the Ministry of Hous- ing and Local Government against an enforcement notice served by the Coun- cil at the instigation of all residents at the time, a copy of which petition and other papers are available for inspection being in my possession. I trust this letter will have the desired effect of a remedy without consideration to other means. Yours faithfully, Jos. C. Keats If you have an example of a crass, illiter- ate, ignorant, irrelevant or embarrassing letter or notice from a company or public body, send a copy to Unlettered, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL. .C10 for each one printed.
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