- Location
- West Sussex
Basically thisWe had a tree branch fall off into the road, local council got called out, first thing we knew was when I heard the little bits being shredded.
He told me the council could send a bill, when i said had been checked xxxxx tree services, he said 'was it Simon' when I said 'yes' he said 'it was OK then and would hear no more about it.
I later asked Simon who told me 'if you prove the tree was healthy it's called an act of god and if it had fallen in to next door they could not claim against us'.
But what is morally right is another matter.
I’ve done a bit of research on this recently because I want to build a new fence under my neighbours dead ash trees!
Basically, a tree falling is an act of god so it would be down to the fence owner or his insurance to repair.
If the tree was obviously dangerous or likely to fall and the owner knew but ignored the issue, then you have a case to try and recover the costs.
Not quite what I expected, but that is basically what the NFU came up with.