Is a neighbour entitled to trim the branches of their neighbour's tree to the extent those branches extend over the property line?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tartaglia v. Surkan, 2021 BCCRT 67 (CanLII):
24. The law of nuisance is clear that a homeowner is entitled to trim the branches of their neighbour’s tree to the extent those branches extend over the property line onto the homeowner’s property (see Anderson v. Skender, 1993 Canlii 2772 (BCCA) at paragraph 15).
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