Thanks for the explanation. Crap like that drives me insane. And because of my sweet and loving personality I react badly and make things worse. I had a fight with a neighbor and ex friend, that put me in jail several times and he loosened the ALL the lug nuts on my car making a rear wheel come off trying to hurt me (and my car?), again "I" went to jail. Anyhow that was all 2015 old news. But I so totally understand how it sucksSame here Maggie, but this isn't overhanging onto their property at all. My tree (large shrub) is at the closest 2 feet away from their fence I keep it cut way back so they have no complaints on that score. But they object to the height which I keep between 8 and 9 feet so are trying to chop it down.
Because they are reaching over the boundary and cutting the height it is classed as trespass and criminal damage here Apart from that it is just plain bullying. Their garden is all concrete and they don't like wildlife, whereas I like my garden to be wildlife friendly. This has been going on for years and is very wearing.