The aim is to provide a one-stop service which answers customers’ legal questions and gives them an action plan to solve their problem.

Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it is an offence to plant or otherwise cause to grow in the wild any plant listed in schedule nine, part two of the act, including Japanese knotweed.

Cripps Harries Hall LLP’s property dispute resolution team has dealt with a number of cases involving Japanese knotweed and has helped landowners or developers deal with problems which have affected either the development of land, or its value.

TCM offers vegetation management solutions based on scientific, ecologically-sound principles and has a long list of clients in the construction, road, rail and local government sectors.

TCM is based in Sturmer Road, Haverhill, and can be contacted by phone on 01440 760170, or you can visit the company’s website, www.t-c-m.co.uk for further information.

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