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The only scenario I can think of where the might be a case against the tree owner is that of public nuisance (a criminal offence, not just a tort). However, as the name suggests, the nuisance has to be to the public at large. Leading case: Public Nuisance: Pigeons | The Law Gazette
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Exactly. Otherwise your cuntomer is going to spend a very long time trying to prove a negative, which is not an easy thing to do!
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Get the dog to fetch it!
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Looks/sounds very painful by the way!
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Nothing wrong with taking them both together - standard issue anti-inflammatory/painkiller combo. Unless you're an infant... Can I take paracetamol and ibuprofen together? - Health questions - NHS Choices
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I don't really see how the landowner could be liable in any way, unless it could be shown that he was actively causing the nuisance (eg laying a trail of nuts for the squirrels to follow).
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From a council's point of view, land is generally a liability rather than an asset - we were maintaining at anyway and the advice was that we would be liable in the event of any claim. We would never have been able to do anything useful (ie profitable) with it so there was no point in increasing our on-paper liability. There was actually a hell of a lot of 'no man's land' in that borough, often the result of developers not completing on arrangements to hand land over (eg the green spaces etc) or in some cases badly drawn plans which left gaps between parcels that belonged to no one - clearly they did in reality belong to someone, but trying to trace the chain of heirs from 1860 for a foot-wide strip of land at the top of a crumbling retaining wall is unlikely to be fruitful
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Yes, while I was working for a local authority. In the end the legal bods decided it was a bad idea, and that we should simply carry on maintaining it as our own, but we went right up to the point of claiming of it. I can't think of a great deal of general advice to offer really, either from that experience or from when I studied Law. With it being unregistered, the whole issue of easements is different, and the crucial point is whether or not you had 'notice' as obviously there will be no entries on the charges register... Only a court can decide whther you did in fact have notice should a dispite ever arise (e.g. Joe Bloggs from down the road suddenly announces that he has the right to drive his tractor across it) so beware of that.
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How much can you fell without a license?
HCR replied to mr_magicfingers's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
...in which case you might want to consider knocking the trees down (roots and all) with a 360 then burning the rootplates on a big bonfire. Or felling them in the normal manner and hiring in a forestry mulcher for the day. -
How much can you fell without a license?
HCR replied to mr_magicfingers's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Very true! Clearly the thing I missed/misread then -
How much can you fell without a license?
HCR replied to mr_magicfingers's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I've problably missed/misread something somewhere, but why do you want to get the stumps out? If you're doing a clear-fell/restock, just plant in the places that aren't occupied by stumps. -
If at all possible/practical, insist on trees that have been grown from seed in the UK. Maybe even consider adapting species choice to make it possible, but obviously your customer has a part to play in this as well.
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I'd say snow tyres if you must go out in it. My missus is a paramedic and they fit them on ambulances from November and swap back in March. They really make a huge difference, as she found out yesterday when she was out in one with summer tyres on... Another option is the synthetic 'chains'. A bit of a compromise, but more practical on cleared roads.
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Gonk bag is just slang for the issue sleeping bag, which comes with a bivvy bag as well. I was getting paid for it though - all credit to anyone who was doing it for fun!
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You could always sue him if the the police/insurance are no good. Balance of probabilities is all you need for a civil case, although there's no point suing someone with no money.
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I just spent the weekend camping...no tent though. Issue gonk bag, roll mat and basha. The one thing that really would have been nice is the aforementioned back door key
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Is Elm making a comeback or is it just a fairytale?
HCR replied to David Goss's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Lucky hit on Google I guess -
PS - I have a few photos, I'll see what I can dig out.
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I hope it has - my boss from back then died last January and I went up for the funeral. Chatting to former colleagues, it all sounded very positive. I think in some ways I was lucky to come in at a time when change was clearyl needed, and people were highly receptive to new ideas. The policiticians loved it, and general public were even supportive from time to time Before I left I had restructure the whole department and when appointing managers I made certain criteria essential (other than the obvious arb quals/experience) to ensure that ecological management lived on. Even little things like making the head of arb sit next to the head of countryside management in the office probably helped
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Is Elm making a comeback or is it just a fairytale?
HCR replied to David Goss's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I can't remember where originally heard/read it, but I found this in The Elms: Breeding, Conservation, and Disease Management By Christopher Paul Dunn
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It could well be Apium, but I'd want to see a better picture before committing.
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I think this would do it: Terex-Demag TC 2800-1 specifications | FLEETfile
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I haven't heard of anyone coming forward from the Armstrong era saying that they were clean...
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Is Elm making a comeback or is it just a fairytale?
HCR replied to David Goss's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Interesting - my understanding (which may well be wrong, I'm making no assertions) is that U glabra is to some extent protected from infection by the form of its bark - i.e. it's less attractive to the female beetle - but once infected, succumbs relatively quickly. Natural selection article for sciency types - I found it very interesting: Maximum Entropy: Natural Selection By Proxy) -
Thanks, and it's great to hear of such proactive management of tree stock for biodiversity. I took over a council arb department in 2004 and that sort of thing was almost unheard of - one TO had a a few ideas but they were never really implemented. It took a bit of a battle to change ways of thinking, but once given encouragement and support everyone from the groundsman to the longest serving TO was keen to get stuck in.
