The Law Lords are to hear an appeal in a test case which left Westminster City Council facing the prospect of a £1m bill for tree root damage. It was alleged in the case of Delaware Mansions & anor v Lord Mayor and Citizens of City of Westminster that the damage could have been avoided had the council cut down the tree and repaired minor cracks at a cost of £14,000 when residents originally complained. Instead the council let the 80-year-old tree stay. In the end its roots caused damage and underpinning was required. Last July the Court of Appeal ruled that the council was liable for the £835,430 cost of repairing the damage, which with interest and legal costs would have left the council with a bill of more than £1m. Now the council has been given leave by Lords Nicholls, Clyde and Hobhouse to appeal against that decision in the House of Lords.
Morgan Cole snares major client on web
Morgan Cole has won a major new international client – thanks to its website. Geoff Hewitt, Morgan Cole’s head of upstream commercial oil and gas, has won work as lead counsel to Lagos’ attorney general and commissioner for justice on a major electricity power generation project in the Nigerian city. The initial approach to Morgan […]