deadwooding

[Marc Lewis]

If you have carried out the work (deadwooding) correctly then i would think that neither you, the restaurant or the land owner would be held liable should something happen to a clients car, as they have taken reasonable effort to prevent this from happening and may/could/should then be seen as an 'act of god'. Though i do not know how things works in France.

 

This was supposed to quote Ty's post, not Andy's.

[Ty Korrigan]

Sorry, it's late for me,

Short of raising the trees to the ground, is this not subjective?

I mean, it is then down to reasonable care being taken and if the work done was adequate.

We are not happy with the risk of being held accountable for the twig that scratches the paintwork of the wedding Mercedes or worse, the limb that kills...

 

Ty

[Marc Lewis]

Can you not waive responsibility in your t & c's or wherever it should be said?

[Ty Korrigan]

That would mean wrangling with French consumer and business law.

I'm pretty sure that I cannot just re-write the rules and set conditions without taking some legal advice first.

I'll get back to the client soon and send in an arboricultural consultant who works with us.

Robs fluent French is more convincing than my broken patois when getting a message across.

Bon nuit!

Ty