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Tree Law Conference 2024: the brochure
Check out a recording of the conference on our YouTube channel, Tree Law TV – Tree Law London Conference 2024, part 1; Tree Law Conference London 2024, Part 2 Did you miss the 2023 conference? Tree Law London, Key Note Speech by Sarah Dodd Tree Law Seminar – Dr Martin Dobson on Tree Risk […]
Home owners: how to deal with invasive species?
Here at Tree Law we have dealt with numerous issues for clients involving invasive species such as bamboo and Japanese knotweed. Both are invasive species in the UK and can cause significant damage to properties, leading to legal disputes. 🐼Bamboo, particularly running bamboo, can spread aggressively through underground rhizomes. It can grow under fences, into […]
Case Law: Khan & Kane v Harrow Council
The 2013 case of Khan & Kane v Harrow Council the Court addressed the issue of foreseeability. The Claimants, Mr & Mrs Khan owned a house in the London Borough of Harrow. They alleged that tree roots from a neighbour’s tree had caused subsidence damage to their property. The first defendants, Harrow Council, was responsible […]
Home owners: how to complain to the Financial Ombudsman?
An ombudsman is an independent official who investigates complaints about organisations, government agents, public institutions and corporations. Their role is to ensure accountability, fair and proper conduct in decision making. In the tree disputes that we are involved with, we regularly bring complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (the FOS). The FOS is who you’d […]
Planning authorities: private criminal prosecutions
Local authorities have the ability to bring a private criminal prosecution in relation to offences relating to trees. For example, where a local planning authority has reason to believe that a tree protected by a tree preservation order has been cut or felled without the requisite permission or exemption, they can investigate and charge the […]
Tree roots: what sort of damage they can cause
Roots are the underground part of a tree or plant which act as their anchor in the soil and absorb water and nutrients. Here at Tree Law the following issues crop up relating to roots: 🏠Subsidence damage – where roots from a tree encroach underneath the foundations of a property. Where that property is built […]
