Anthony and Jacqueline Orchard are in row with neighbour Helen Orkin, 73
Couple say row over stain, which is just a few centimetres wide , raged for years
Ms Orkin is suing the barrister couple for £2,200 and wants them to pay to fix it
Couple say fixing the leaky terrace in Hampstead flat would cost up to £30,000
Say Ms Orkin should share cost and case could rack up £400,000 in legal bills
Lawyer couple could face £400,000 legal bill over few centimetres wide water stain
Anthony Orchard QC and wife Jacqueline have had their strike-out application refused over the cost of repairs to an alleged leaky terrace
3 February 2021 • 5:39pm
The property at the centre of a neighbours row between lawyers Jaqueline and Anthony Orchard and Helen Orkin, a resident living downstairs
A lawyer couple could face losing £400,000 because they refused to fund repairs to an alleged leaky terrace estimated at £2,200, a court heard.
Anthony Orchard QC and wife Jacqueline have been embroiled in a row with their downstairs neighbour Helen Orkin about a water stain on her ceiling just a few centimetres wide .