Responsibilities and liability

[v1Tom1v]

I am new to the arb world and am just about to start my path as a hand cutter working on some coppicing.  As soon as I told folk that this was my intent I started getting requests for help with trees people wanted removing. One interesting request regarded trees on a boundary of a property that an old colleague wanted removing. She tells me that they are on her land but don't look like it due to the boundary fence running around the tree on the side of her garden instead of running straight containing them within the garden.

 

I was wondering if anyone had any insight into who is responsible for checking who's land the trees are on and whether she would or I would be liable for the felling the trees if they did turn out to belong to the farmer who owns the fields around the house?

[woody paul]

The fence may not be the boundary if trees are old, just go and seek to farmer he maybe able to show you on deeds easier then householder the worst he can do is say f,,, o,,.