Chopped tree down, neighbour saying we damaged property

Broken_Biscuits

Cakeguts wrote: »

She is too late! If she wanted to complain about foundation issues she needed to do it while the tree was still there. You can't complain about ex trees.

This is not correct. There could be claims after the tree has been removed.

To bring a property claim you have 3 main approaches. Trespass, nuisance or damage. Trespass would most likely be if the roots or branches are on their land. Unlikely to be an issue now.

Damage is obvious. The act of removing the tree could have damaged the fence etc.

Nuisance. The act of removing the tree could cause ongoing issues to cause neighbouring land to "slide". This is more likely if the neighbour's land is higher up and/or a hole has been left where the tree once was.

Considering the size of the tree it's unlikely you will receive any of these civil claims against you.

On the criminal side, the police are often not interested in neighbouring disputes. This is more likely to change when blows are exchanged, people are dragged from their houses and threatened with axes though. I'd be more concerned about the real threat of criminal prosecution here personally.

If there is any way of speaking to the neighbour peacefully and resolving amicably I would strongly suggest this is done. You may find your career under threat if you are pulled through the courts for assault.

Harryp_24

2bFrank wrote: »

The neighbour is quite cocky and loud mouth, plus she was drunk, she started trying to hit us as she knew we wouldn't hit her back, so my mate picked up the axe and I dragged her husband out of his house and whilst my mate threaten him with the axe. She soon shut up, felt bad for the husband/ boyfriend, he keeps himself to himself and is just a drunk/ stoner, he soon sobered up though lol.

!!!!ing lol glad i dont live here, sounds like a great neighborhood.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

"My neighbour complained about my bin blocking his gate. I killed him and all his family and burned down his house. I just wanted to check if I was going to get in trouble for blocking his gate with my bin."

mattk_180

Going off topic? Is a little hard not to when you explain that you and your friend dragged an innocent bloke out of his house and threatened him with an axe just because his girlfriend was a bit mouthy! And saying it so casual as well, not forgetting the "lol".


If you hear from the policy I'm pretty sure it won't be about the tree! And if you don't, consider yourself lucky.

pimento

"Axe, Officer? What axe?..."

mysterymurdoch

I got the impression the 'dragged' and 'threatened' bit was metaphorical, not literal.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

mysterymurdoch wrote: »

I got the impression the 'dragged' and 'threatened' bit was metaphorical, not literal.

Would you like to share the particular nuances that gave you that impression?

rosyw

Broken_Biscuits wrote: »

On the criminal side, the police are often not interested in neighbouring disputes. This is more likely to change when blows are exchanged, people are dragged from their houses and threatened with axes though. I'd be more concerned about the real threat of criminal prosecution here personally.

If there is any way of speaking to the neighbour peacefully and resolving amicably I would strongly suggest this is done. You may find your career under threat if you are pulled through the courts for assault.

I think it depends on the circumstances under which the threats are made. Years ago we had a chap knock at the door to tell us that there'd been an "accident" on my horses field, and one of them "didn't look good" , apparently they'd been checking the gas pipeline under my field, without my consent, and the horses had spooked. On checking I found that my poor horse that "didn't look good" was actually laying there dead :mad::mad: my husband,being towed by our Rottweiler, chased the chap down the drive yelling that he was going to kill him! We called the police, he called the police,local bobby arrived to see what was happening, I told him about my dead horse, he said there'd been a report of "attempted murder"!! He looked at me for a minute or so,tears streaming down my face, looked at my horse, and said "Nothing to report here, I'll sort it" and off he went Needless to say we heard no more about the attempted murder.