Hedge owners whose own plants also exceed the statutory heights may not assert any reduction claims against their neighbors. This is the result of a ruling by the Frankenthal Regional Court (AZ: 2 S 85/23). In this case, this legal principle was applied due to a dispute between two neighbors in Ludwigshafen who both had hedges that were too high.
One of the neighbors demanded that the other cut back his 2.20-meter-high hedge. However, he himself also had plants that were too high. The case ended up before the local court, which ordered the neighbor of the 2.20-meter-high hedge to cut back the hedge. He appealed against this ruling.
This was successful at the Frankenthal Regional Court. The judges ruled that mutual breaches of regulations can negate legal claims. Legal experts refer to this as the principle of "good faith". Accordingly, anyone who violates rules themselves cannot expect the same compliance from others.
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