Summary of Events and Legal requirements
Since July 2023, the property boundary has been positioned in full accordance with HM Land Registry. All works were completed on their neighbour's Titled land.
HM Land Registry has formally confirmed that no boundary dispute exists. The original title deeds, clearly defining the boundary and ownership markers, remain the legally binding and recognised property line.
This summary outlines the resolved boundary matter involving Rosa and Murray Bell, and highlights its enduring impact on their neighbour's personal wellbeing and professional responsibilities. The sequence of events has involved multiple legal steps, boundary confirmations, and law enforcement interactions.
Despite repeated offers to resolve the matter amicably, including formal mediation and court-supported solutions, the situation has been misrepresented in public media.
This document provides factual clarification in response to ongoing disinformation.
Unlawful Construction Concerns
Extension Plan Beyond Legal Limits
In April 2020, Rosa and Murray Bell proposed a side extension that exceeded their legal boundary and attempted to physically connect their structure to their neighbour's garage without consent. This would have eliminated their neighbour's guttering system, resulting in structural alterations and exposing their home to ongoing rainwater and damp-related damage.
Ongoing Water Damage from Shed
Rosa and Murray Bell’s existing garden shed discharged rainwater directly onto their neighbour's wall, causing damp, black mould, and respiratory issues inside their home.
Despite over a year of written requests, they refused to install a gutter to mitigate the damage they were actively causing.
Non-Compliance with Party Wall Act
In October 2020, Rosa and Murray Bell received council approval for their side extension but repeatedly declined to appoint a Party Wall surveyor, a legal requirement under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. They also refused to share the boundary survey they had commissioned in November 2020.
They issued notice to begin construction that would eliminate their neighbour's guttering system and expose their home to water damage. This required building beyond their legal boundary, an unauthorised act they threatened to pursue regardless of their legal obligations.
Rosa and Murray Bell claimed, without verification, that Murray Bell was a land surveyor and their son, Philip Bell, an architect, and therefore knew where the boundary line was. Both were unchartered and uncertified.
As the dividing fence legally belonged to their neighbour's, both HM Land Registry and UK Police confirmed their neighbour's were entitled to reposition it to align with their legal boundary and prevent unlawful encroachment.
Action to Protect Property
In the absence of a Party Wall surveyor and under formal advice from HM Land Registry, their neighbour's repositioned their garden fence along the legal boundary. This was done to safeguard their home against further water damage and to prevent Rosa Bell from attempting to unlawfully acquire a strip of their neighbour's land, without satisfying the legal requirements for adverse possession.
Efforts at Cooperation Met
with Hostility
Their neighbour's coordinated with Rosa and Murray Bell’s caretakers, Val and John to reposition their fence in alignment with the legal boundary, when they were back at the end of January 2023.
This arrangement was made to ensure Rosa and Murray Bell could be present during the works.
Despite these efforts at transparency and cooperation, their neighbour's sole contractor faced repeated obstruction and verbal abuse during the installation.
A police report was subsequently filed following an incident involving physically aggressive behaviour by Murray Bell towards his neighbours.
In response to these repeated incidents, formally reported to police, their neighbour's paused the fence installation and proposed a three-month stand-down period. During this time, they offered Rosa and Murray Bell three lawful options:
Engage in formal mediation
Apply for adverse possession
Seek a court ruling to determine the boundary
Their neighbour's made clear that if none of these options were pursued, they would complete the fence at the end of the stand-down period.
Rosa and Murray Bell declined both mediation and court determination. Instead, they attempted, once again, to apply for adverse possession through a new solicitor. Their solicitor issued several letters confirming that Rosa and Murray Bell did not wish to mediate, despite their continued ineligibility for adverse possession.
Unlawful Destruction and Trespass
Following the expiry of the stand-down period, their neighbour's issued formal notice requesting the removal of trespasses obstructing their legal fence line.
During their neighbour's temporary absence, and without any prior notice, Rosa and Murray Bell, accompanied by two friends and three contractors, destroyed the newly installed their neighbour's fence and landscaping. They then unlawfully erected their own fence on their neighbour's property.
According to witness reports, video evidence, and police documentation, Murray Bell described the act as ‘an eye for an eye'.
UK Police subsequently filed criminal damage reports against Rosa and Murray Bell. Their neighbour's were lawfully permitted to remove the trespasses and reinstate their legal fence.
Omissions in Media Coverage
These events, including their neighbour's repeated efforts to resolve the matter lawfully, were omitted from recent media coverage by SWNS and the Daily Mail. The resulting disinformation has since been widely circulated across other online outlets and tabloids.
Legal Proceedings, Refusal to Challenge the Boundary and Ineligibility for Adverse Possession
Tabloids claim 'no legal ruling on who officially owns the land has yet been made' are misleading
However:
Their neighbour's solicitor formally invited Rosa and Murray Bell to seek a boundary ruling at the court hearing. They declined.
The judge also extended an invitation during the hearing for them to pursue a boundary determination. Rosa Bell again declined.
In court, Rosa and Murray Bell did not dispute the fact that they remain ineligible for adverse possession.
The Judge confirmed that legal claims cannot be made for land that they did not own and ruled that the boundary fence must remain aligned with the paper title deeds.
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