It’s all go in the world of civil litigation, writes Dominic Regan

On 27 February, Lady Simler will be on the panel that hears Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 80. It concerns liability for Japanese knotweed, which tangentially arose in the recent case of Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416. Knotweed claims are a comparatively new source of litigation, alongside cavity wall insulation disputes. A few firms have piled in, hoping to exploit a new source of income. It will be intriguing to see what the Supreme Court generally has to say.

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