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A neighbour has a large tree right in the middle of the boundary of her property and an adjoining property. This large tree is right on the end of her back garden, and also right at the end of the back garden of the opposite property. When the neighbour's property was built, they only got a wall for half of the end boundary of the garden, with a fence for the other half, because of this tree.
Given the wet summer, there has been considerable growth in the tree, and it is now very tall (maybe 1.5 or 2 times the height of the house), and blocking lots of light and dropping lots of leaves. My neighbour wants to arrange to get the tree cut back in size and well pruned.
She intends to contact a tree surgeon and approach the neighbour about sharing the cost, but was just wondering about the legal responsibilities in such cases. Is it significant that the tree was in place long before the neighbour's house was built?
Given the wet summer, there has been considerable growth in the tree, and it is now very tall (maybe 1.5 or 2 times the height of the house), and blocking lots of light and dropping lots of leaves. My neighbour wants to arrange to get the tree cut back in size and well pruned.
She intends to contact a tree surgeon and approach the neighbour about sharing the cost, but was just wondering about the legal responsibilities in such cases. Is it significant that the tree was in place long before the neighbour's house was built?