That referred to a spat over Mr Cowdrey’s tennis court, sparked off after Ms Gibson complained that his astroturf court “sliced through” a strip of land she owns.
Dealing with trial management issues at a preliminary hearing last week, Judge Butler refused Mr Cowdrey’s bid to increase his compensation bid to £550,000 to reflect the alleged “blight” on his property caused by Ms Gibson’s actions.
Crowbourne Farm is made up of a sprawling Grade II-listed farmhouse with its own wine cellar, a separate guest cottage, studio, barn and workshop, a quadruple car port and over ten acres of grounds, including a tennis court, stables, woods and two lakes.
Sketching out his case at Central London County Court, his barrister, Brooke Lyne, told Judge Nigel Butler it involved a "series of false allegations" by Ms Gibson.
“They were essentially that, in the period leading up to the sale which was due to happen in June 2023, Ms Gibson through a series of emails and in correspondence made a series of allegations that there had been breaches of restrictive covenants, which she said benefited her land, and which we say were false.”.
