Property Damage
Katie has experience of a wide variety of property damage matters, in particular tree root subsidence claims, underground cable strike claims, flooding and fire.
Selected Cases
- advising on the merits of a claim for damage caused by fire at a care home where the cause of the fire was uncertain.
- advising a local authority in relation to tree root damage to a road caused by a tree situated on residential property.
- advising a local authority in relation to an underground water chamber which was damaged by tree roots and water ingress. It was unclear whether the chambers had also been originally negligently constructed.
- advising a homeowner in a claim under the DPA 1972 for negligent installation of a boiler which caused a hot water leak and significant damage to the home.
Articles
- Court of Appeal decides that an application to set aside default judgment is an application for relief from sanction to which Denton applies.
- Katie Ayres considers the Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in AB v Worcestershire County Council & Anor (Rev1) [2023] EWCA Civ 529.
