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Prior to liability, is there not a question of ownership and thus tresspass if the trees are touched without owners permission, unless there is a serious safety issue ?
If someone comes uninvited on to land and then injures himself I would suspect liability would rest with that person unless he could show neglience against the owner.
Why would this person want to cut it up - to remove an obstruction or to take the wood for himself ?
Surely letting some uninsured on to your land with a chainsaw to cut your tree up for them is a bad idea
Hi Mitchel,
I've just spoken to our claims co-ordinator, who's firstly praised the difficulty of the question! His response was that the liability would fall with the land owner providing that they can be proven to have acted negligibly.
Whilst the landowner has offered somebody the opportunity to take the wood if they wish, they have not necessarily suggested they come around un-licensed and cut it up!
If the landowner was contracting an individual to remove the wood, then the liability would of course rest with the individual cutting up the tree.
Hope that clears it up a little :)