Tree roots, property damage and the law: an update
Peter Wynn
(Peter Wynn is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Built Environment, Anglia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford, UK.)
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Abstract
The case law regarding liability for subsidence damage following encroachment by tree roots from neighbouring land is presented in the context of the recent House of Lords judgment in the case of Delaware Mansions Ltd v. The City of Westminster.
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Citation
Wynn, P. (2002), "Tree roots, property damage and the law: an update", Structural Survey, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 19-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800210426222
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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