Arboricultural consultancy of all kinds, including: ...

Trees in relation to boundary disputes • Tree safety • Forestry • Horticultural matters involving woody plants • Amenity • Taxonomy & identification of woody plants • Arboriculture • Trees • Amenity horticulture • Tree Preservation Orders • Tree surveys • Tree & root litigation

All aspects of arboriculture including: • TPO work • Management • Legal boundary disputes • Planning applications • Hazard analysis • Subsidence problems • I do not cover forestry operations • All aspects of amenity horticulture

Specialist in tree law • Trees & forestry chapter, Agricultural Law, Tax & Finance (Sweet & Maxwell) • Over 30 years professional experience including work for insurers, local authority, government, solicitors, police & coroners • Expert witness & specialist claims work in arboriculture, trees & hedges • Building subsidence & tree roots • Tree damage • Tree safety • Fallen & broken trees • Damage to woodlands & standing timber • Illegal felling • Poor advice & workmanship • Woodland valuations for sale or ...

Tree hazard evaluation • Planning appeals & applications • Tree & branch failures • Tree nuisance • Root trespass • Subsidence • Industrial accidents involving arboricultural operations • Tree damage from construction operations • Tree damage to infrastructure, buildings & surfaces • Plant establishment • Tree failures (planting) • Mediterranean trees & landscapes • Amenity valuation • Tripping due to tree roots • Safe working practices & pruning practices • Woodlands • Fire protection • Ecology • Management • Restoration

Botanical & plant topics • Plant diseases • Horticulture • Stress biology • Biotechnology & molecular biology • Bioterrorism • Biodiversity • Conservation • Leading world authority concerning root invading pathogens, especially clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) • Climate change & the resultant damage • Biotic & abiotic stress, & especially low temperature injury • Estimation of financial loss, assessment of liability & quantum • Educational consultant

Arboriculture (tree surgery) • Forestry accidents at work involving employees, third parties & /or property • Trees on development sites (planning & protection issues) • Trees & low-rise building subsidence • Injury or damage caused by tree failure • Damage to trees by third parties • Illegal treework operations (felling)

Landscape design & landscape planning • Safety in the landscape • Accident investigation in playgrounds, on sportsfields, all-weather surfaces, tripping, slipping & personal injury • Environmental impact assessment, planning appeals, public inquiries • Advising on trees & Tree Preservation Orders • Plant species suitability

Arboricultural Association Registered Tree Consultant • Chartered Forester • Chartered Surveyor • Holder of the Cardiff University 'The Certificate of Expert Witness Accreditation' • Tree-related subsidence, including tree-induced clay shrinkage beneath building foundations • Tree root identification • Root nuisance caused by physical force on structures • Tree root damage to drains • Arboricultural industry accidents • Tree Preservation Orders & matters of tree planning law • Planning applications & appeals with ...

Tree-related issues, common law & statute law: • Neighbour disputes • Tree Preservation Orders • Trees causing injury or death to persons • Damage by woody vegetation to built fabric, e.g. houses • Trees & planning issues • Accidents at work in arboriculture • Gained the Bond Solon/Cardiff University Certificate of Expert Witness Training December 2003

Opinion, reports & expert witness for all cases involving trees • Trees in relation to planning & development, including appearances at appeals & public inquiries • Arboricultural & woodland management planning & practice • DNA 'sourcing' of tree material & timber • Tree biology • Tree damage & disease • Tree failure, personal injury & /or property damage • Tree hazard evaluation • Trees & health & safety issues • Trees & amenity • Forest & timber evaluation • Tropical forest management & conservation

Tree surveys & inspections • Hazard tree assessments • Site survey reports for architects & developers, preparation of planning submissions & proof of evidence • Technical advice in legal disputes involving trees, including boundary disputes • Investigation of accidents involving trees • Litigation concerning dangerous trees, damage claims, nuisance & trespass • TPO & conservation legislation • Planning appeals & public inquiries • Reports for mortgage purposes • Subsidence & heave, where related tree involvement ...

The following is related to the subject areas of forestry, arboriculture & horticulture: • Educational requirements & quality assurance, national & European standards • Vocational training requirements & quality assurance, national & European standards • Health & safety matters & accidents related to trees & the workplace • Common & statutory legal issues related to trees & disputes • Planning appeals & tree preservation orders • Development site disputes related to trees • Insurance issues related to trees • ...

We offer expert arboricultural opinion in all tree-related matters, including: • Tree-related subsidence • Tree hazard assessment • Tree failure & personal injury or damage to property • Personal injury due to arboricultural operations • Tree Preservation Orders • Nuisance claims ...

Arboriculture (tree surgery) • Tree hazard assessments • Tree inspections, surveys & reports • Arboricultural accidents at work involving employees, third parties & /or property • Injury or damage caused by tree failure • Damage to trees by third parties • Illegal tree works (felling) • Trees on development sites issues

I am a Chartered Forester, a Chartered Environmentalist and a Registered Consultant with the Arboricultural Association. I have experience in all aspects of arboriculture, including: • TPOs & conservation areas • Planning applications, appeals, hearings & public inquiries • Hedge & boundary disputes • Hazard tree assessment • Illegal tree felling or pruning • Tree-related injury or damage to property. I have prepared proofs of evidence for local authorities, developers and the police. I have court experience, ...

Accomplished expert witness in all aspects of tree consultancy with high court experience • Holder of the 2001 AA Award for excellence in arboriculture • Regularly instructed as a single joint expert, advising on a range of issues from subsidence damage to planning advice & personal injury cases • Specialist experience includes being retained by insurers dealing with tree losses throughout Europe • Please visit the website for a more detailed schedule of all court appearances

Tree hazard evaluation • Planning appeals & applications • Tree & branch failures • Tree nuisance • Root trespass • Subsidence • Industrial accidents involving arboricultural operations • Tree damage from construction operations • Tree damage to infrastructure, buildings & surfaces • Plant establishment • Tree failures (planting) • Mediterranean trees & landscapes • Amenity valuation • Tripping due to tree roots • Safe working practices & pruning practices • Woodlands • Fire protection • Ecology • Management • Restoration