Judge calls experts to intervene in bitter hedge row

The president of the High Court has directed that experts on opposing sides in a bitter neighbours dispute over a hedge meet first thing this morning to thrash out a solution.

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, after hearing five days of evidence, said he wanted to see if the engineer and surveyor could agree a way forward for both sides.

The judge said the experts would approach the matter in terms of seeking a functioning, working resolution, whereas if the court has to decide the issue one side would end up losing.