Category 5 Hurricane Melissa demolished this property in Westmoreland on October 28. (Photo: YHOMO HUTCHINSON)
IF Hurricane Melissa destroyed or even shifted your fence or property boundary, there are a number of factors to consider before you do repairs. One of them is ensuring that you keep what’s yours.
Attorney-at-law Davion Vassell cautions that when reconstruction of boundary fences begins, some individuals may attempt to encroach on neighbouring lands in an effort to gain additional property.
“We have seen this in certain circumstances. Some people are honest enough to know that the boundary is at a particular place, and there are others who believe that the boundary is to be drawn at a different location, further up or further down, where they are the recipient of another piece of land,” Vassell stated.
He was speaking recently during the Minist
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