Thanks for the advice. We've warned him, in writing, that next time our solicitor will be involved. He won't want the money problem, as his business is failing. He thinks it is because people can't see his sign. Hence the frequent chopping of our foliage, metres away from the boundary. Up till recently, it has been down to a distant landlord, who took no action, and I think he thought he could go on like that. The tree cutting took place after we had had words about another incursion, and he had agreed not to do anything else without going through due process. But I didn't think I needed to bother the Mudcat with the boring legal stuff. Just wanted to get it off my chest.