Philip and Denise New are ordered to pay a higher court bill after losing an appeal in a long-running dispute with their next-door neighbours, Steve and Karen Gibson, over a boundary line between their gardens in Essex. The case centres on a fence and involves a disagreement over a small section of land described in reporting as about six inches. The dispute has been ongoing for around 14 years, with the couple and their neighbours pursuing proceedings through the courts. In a later development, the court increases the couple’s costs bill to £150,000 after the appeal fails. Reporting also describes the disagreement as including an ornamental squirrel-related element, which the parties treat as sentimental, though the central issue is the placement of the fence and the boundary. Across coverage, the parties, location, general subject of the boundary dispute, the duration of the litigation, and the outcome of the appeal are consistent. The updated costs order follows the appeal’s unsuccessful outcome.