A neighbour dispute leads to a jackhammered retaining wall and a $16,000 award, Dangerous vs Long-Term Offender classifications, and a costs award against a lawyer

This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: A long-running neighbour dispute over garbage, grass clippings, dog feces, a dead snake on a trampoline, and a retaining wall consumes 13 days of court time and results in a $16,000 award. One of the feuding neighbours spray painted and then jackhammered a concrete retaining wall that protruded a few inches onto his property. Absent a danger to life, or some other emergency, the law doesn’t permit a property owner to engage in a self-h...