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Residents in Carmarthenshire, England won £42,500 in compensations for damages from Japanese Knotweed, an invasive plant known for causing structural damages by growing into cracks and joints of drain pipes.
Residents reached out to the Network Rail years ago when they noticed the plants, but the company was not responsive to them. Residents sued the Network Rail for the encroachment of the invasive plant on their properties. Joann Cameron, a litigation executive at High Street Solicitors stated that: “Japanese Knotweed can cause damage to a property dependent upon how severe it is.”