CILA - The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters

Special Interest Group:Subsidence

Subsidence and the Joint Mitigation Protocol - John Parvin

Tree root liability claims did not feature much until the early 1970’s with the introduction of subsidence cover by the buildings insurers.

With a drought year in 1976 leading to many properties exhibiting cracks, combined with a change in arboricultural practice, particularly by local authority tree officers, previously regularly pollarded trees were allowed to grow to their natural height...

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