{
  "id": 15465903,
  "title": "London woman loses 48cm boundary fight over neighbour’s kitchen extension",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/london-woman-loses-48cm-boundary-fight-over-neighbours-kitchen",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T18:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/london-woman-bought-a-600000-semi-detached-home-in-2021-a-year-later-she-challenged-her-neighbours-kitchen-for-crossing-the-boundary-by-48cm-but-a-tribunal-has-now-ruled-the-tiny-strip-belongs-to-them/articleshow/135015367.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A London homeowner has lost a four-year legal battle over a 48-centimetre strip of land when a tribunal ruled that her neighbours' kitchen extension had acquired \"squatters' rights.\" Susannah James, who bought her £600,000 semi-detached house in Surbiton in 2021, claimed that part of the adjoining property's kitchen had been built across the boundary onto her land. The First-tier Tribunal found in favour of neighbours Mina Sharma and Neil Deeley, who will not have to demolish the disputed section of their kitchen. The ruling was reported by The Independent and AOL.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}