Japanese Knotweed: Legal and Personal Liabilities

Two hundred years ago, when the Victorians imported a pretty, green leafy ornamental plant from Japan called Fallopia japonica, or Knotweed, little did they foresee that it would transform itself into a raging pest, causing millions of pounds of damage to public and private property and imposing huge liabilities on property owners, both personal and legal. Some of the legal pitfalls of allowing Knotweed to thrive in your property can be: Criminal sanctions under the 1990 Environment Protection Act if you don't dispose of stem cuttings, leaf compost or rhizome-infested soil, in the prescribed manner. Criminal liabilities...

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