Couple who won £200 damages are urged to end feud with neighbour after £130,000 bill

A MILLIONAIRE couple who face a £130,000 legal bill after a disastrous court battle over a wall have been urged by a judge to make peace with their neighbour to end the feud.

- Tristan Kirk

Liz Peck, who runs a gender-neutral organic children’s clothing business, and her singer-songwriter husband Adam accused neighbour Debbie Ranford of “trespassing” on their East Dulwich property when she built a roof extension to her flat.

Mrs Ranford’s builder used “infill” material on the Pecks’ side of the boundary, prompting the couple to sue to try to force her to dismantle the entire extension. In a ruling last June, Judge Simon Monty QC concluded there had been a “very minor” trespass across the boundary and awarded the Pecks just £200 in damages. Suggesting the couple had used a “sledgehammer to crack a nut”, he left them to shoulder lawyers’ bills totalling around £130,000.