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Can you do the Rubix Cube?

How many of your can complete a Rubix Cube? In a tree root subsidence claim there are so many competing interest which are often working against one another that it can feel like trying to solve a Rubix cube. Straighten a few things out and on the other side of the cube other things misalign, […]

🎶Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours 🎶

🎶Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours 🎶

Not everybody can be as happy as the residents of Ramsey Street. I remember back in the 1990ies my 5:30 fix of Neighbours was an important part of my day. Sadly though, good neighbours don’t always become good friends. What happens where a property has suffered damage and needs to be repaired but, in order […]

Japanese Knotweed & the Court of Appeal

Japanese Knotweed has been the subject of another Court decision this last month, before the Court of Appeal, this time in the case of Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council [2023 EWCA Civ 80].. Interesting that this is a short trip down the M4 from the location of the Williams & Waistell v Network Rail […]

Law of nuisance refresher

Imagine this…..every year 500,000 people peer at you through your window. Some of them actually taking photos of your home and invading your privacy. What would you do? Could the law help you? That’s exactly what happened in the case of Fearn & Others v Tate Gallery [Feb 2023]. We have all heard of the […]

We are not just tree specialists….

Since I started Tree Law I have been focused on a niche of claims involving trees. What I forget to tell people is that I am able to deal with other civil property disputes involving damage to property, insurance cover and claims to recover damages. In particular: Flood damage Another peril likely to be made […]

Illegal tree felling in Wales – the numbers are in

The News Back on 24 November the Guardian newspaper reported into data which had been obtained from the Forestry Commission into illegal felling of trees. This was England-centric data and I asked those who commented on my post whether they’d be interested in hearing the same data for Wales, by way of a comparison. The […]

What a load of poo

Why am I starting this blog with a picture of a poo? It’s because Im concerned about the future of the rabbit population that live close to my house. In the last 6 months I’ve moved house. I had to make the choice to move house to down-size, reduce a commute and release some equity […]

Mind the Gap

My Clients are stressed! Last month I posted on Linkedin about a common theme that I have noticed when on-boarding new clients. They need help and urgently. Thinking particularly in terms of a subsidence insurance claim, the pressures of the claim can put clients and their families under huge strain, affecting daily life and relationships. […]

Meeting with the MTOA

I was so happy to get to meet and speak to the MTOA at their December meeting in Birmingham. I was talking about Tree Root Subsidence which is my hot topic given the link between Tree Law and my current position as Chair of the Subsidence Forum I started the session telling my story. Owner […]

National Tree Week has landed

I remember when National Tree Week landed last year, at the beginning of my first year of business and I was excited to have a reason to post about my favourite trees each day. Reflecting back on those posts, I feel even more strongly that my favourite tree was the apple tree in my grandparents’ […]

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