Neighbour Disputes Shared Drives Case Study 

Neighbour disputes, Pete moved into his new home in 2009, his front drive was shared with Linda. Both of them had cars, but Linda’s boyfriend would sometimes park his car on the drive, making it difficult for Pete to get his car on and off the drive, equally Linda was not always considerate with her parking. This was of particular concern to Pete when his father who was 93 came to stay; due to being elderly it was difficult to get him in and out of the car and into the house.

For a while Pete managed, however it got to the stage where he could not tolerate it any further, he saw Linda in their street and started to shout at her, stating she should have more respect and courtesy for others, as Pete was so angry he did not tell Linda what the problem actually was.

Linda was distraught, quite shaken up and afraid and mentioned this to her boyfriend that evening, who went mad, he immediately went next door to Pete’s were an argument ensued which nearly ended up in a fight. The police were called by another neighbour, who arrived and calmed each party down advising their behaviour was potentially a breach of the peace.