AIE - Subject - Case Law Index

UK Case Law Index

Cases involving Conservation Areas

Smith v Oliver. 1985.

Cases involving Tree Roots

Butler v. Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. 1940.
Catell v. Bedingfield. 1946.
Couper v. Heinrich. 1949.
Attfield v. Wilson. 1949.
Niklaus v. Moont. 1950.
Davis v. Artizans Estates Ltd. 1953.
McCombe v. Read and Another. 1955.
Brown v. Bateman. 1955.
Jennings v. Taverner. 1955.
Murray and Others v. Hutchinson. 1955.
Watson and Roberts v. Smith and Wakeham. 1956.
Davey v Harrow Urban District Council. 1957
Mayer v. Deptford and Lewisham Borough Councils. 1959.
Edge v. Briggs. 1960.
Lemos v. Kennedy Leigh Developments Ltd. 1960.
Wallace v. Clayton. 1961.
Mills v. Smith, Sinclair third party. 1963.
Pettifer v. Cheshunt Urban District Council. 1970.
Daisley v. B.S. Hall & Co. 1972.
King & another v. Taylor & others. 1976
Bunclark & Others v. Hertfordshire County Council & Another. 1977
Masters v. Brent London Borough. 1977
Alcrest Ltd v. W.S. Hattrell & Partners and Another. 1979.
Rigby and Another v. Sun Alliance & London Insurance Ltd. 1979.
Bridges & Others v. Harrow London Borough. 1981
Solloway v Hampshire County Council. 1981
Russell & another v. London Borough of Barnet. 1984
Kamenou (trading as Regency Developments) v. Dodson 1999
Delaware Mansions Ltd and another v. Westminster City Council. 1999

Cases Involving Overhanging Branches

Earl of Lonsdale v. Nelson and Others. November 1823.
Lemmon v. Webb. 1894.
Smith v. Giddy. 1904.
Mills v. Brooker. 1919.
Hale v. Hants & Dorset Motor Services and Another. 1947.
British road services Ltd v. Slater and another. 1964.

Cases involving Poisonous Trees

Wilson v. Newbury. 1871.
Erskine v. Adeane. 1873.
Lawrence v. Jenkins. 1873.
Crowman v. Amersham Burial Board. 1878.
Ponting v. Noakes. 1894.
Cheater v. Cater. 1918.

Cases involving Dangerous Trees

Hudson v. Bray. 1917.
Bruce v. Caulfield. 1918.
Noble v. Harrison. 1926.
Mackie v. Western District Com of Dunbartonshire C.C. 1927.
Stilwell v. New Windsor Corporation. 1932.
Shirwell v. Hackwood Estates Ltd. 1938.
Kent v Marquis of Bristol. 1940
Cuncliffe v. Bankes. 1945
Sheen v. Arden. 1945.
Brown v. Harrison. 1947.
Caminer and another v. Northern and London Investment Trust Ltd. 1951.
Lambourne v. London Brick Company. 1950.
Lane v. Tredagar Estate Trustees. 1954.
White v. Carruthers. 1958.
Quinn v. Scott and Another. 1964.
Williams v. Devon County Council. 1966.
Thomas v. Miller. 1970.
Knight v. Hext and Others. 1979.
Chapman v Barking & Dagenham London Borough Council. 1997.

Cases involving Tree Preservation Orders

Edgeborough Building Co Ltd v. Woking Urban District Council. 1966.
Attorney General v. Melville Construction Co Ltd. 1968.
Barnet London Borough Council v. Eastern Electricity Board and Another. 1973.
Beyers v. Secretary of State and Uttlesford D.C. 2000.
Bullock v. Secretary of State for the Environment and Another. 1980.
Maidstone Borough Council v. Mortimer. 1980.
Bellcross Co Ltd v. Mid Bedfordshire District Council. 1987.
Bell v. Canterbury City Council. 1988.
Buckle v. Holderness Borough Council.
Armitage v. South Oxfordshire District Council. 1998.
J Mooney & West Lindsey DC. Lands Tribunal. 1999
Christopher David Carter v. Eastbourne Borough Council. 2000.

Cases involving Article 5 Certificates

Beyers v. Secretary of State and Uttlesford D.C. 2000.

Other tree related cases

Layfield v. Cowper. 1694.
Whitty v. Lord Dillon. 1860.
Honywood v. Honywood. 1874.
Dashwood v. Magniac. 1891.
Unin v. Hanson. 1891.
Smith v. Smale. 1954.
Richardson v. Jay. 1960.
Molony and Others v. Knapton. 1966.
George v. Reeves. 1969.

Miscellaneous cases

JB Lindsay & M Lindsay and Highways Agency. Lands Tribunal. 1991
Rylands and Another v. Fletcher. 1868.

Local Government Ombudsmen (LGO)

Development proposal involving felling of ancient oak tree - differing evaluations from tree experts - failure to consult the appropriate council officer. 1999. Report 98/C/3652

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