alarm tree root seminar - 26 april 2006 13.30andrew plunkett, blm 14.00chris robbins, rbkc 14.30pat...
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ALARM Tree root seminar - 26 April 200613.30 Andrew Plunkett, BLM
14.00 Chris Robbins, RBKC
14.30 Pat Robson, John Chick and Partners
15.00 Coffee
15.20 Chris Neilan,DC
15.50 John Parvin, Zurich Insurance
16.20 Questions and answers
17.00 Finish
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commercial dispute resolution human resources insurance media & technology public sector property transport
Tree root subsidence
26 April 2006
Andrew Plunkett
Solicitor, BLM London
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Basic requirements Ownership by claimant
Control by LA
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Four elements of nuisance Tree roots intrude
Cause damage
Reasonably foreseeable
Tree maintenance
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Cause damage… Paterson v Humberside 1995 –
substantial and effective cause
Loftus-Brigham v Ealing CA 2003
Delaware Mansions HL 2001 – damage to load-bearing qualities of residential land
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NoticeDelaware Mansions
Lord Cooke: ‘the defendant is entitled to notice and a reasonable opportunity for abatement before liability for remedial expenditure can arise’
Jones v Portsmouth CA 2002 – 3 months sufficient notice
Kirk v Brent CA 2005 – formal notice not necessarily required
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Defences in practice Tree causing damage Mitigation – pruning, barrier, removal etc Ownership, control Foreseeability Maintenance Contributory causes of damage Reasonable notice Limitation
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TPO claims Statutory liability TCPA 1990
Lands tribunal
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ALARM protocol Helping LA’s to manage the claims
process
Approved by the LTOA