CPD: Tree Law Talk - With Dr. Julian Dunster: Involves Personal Injury, Tort Law, Realty Law, Title Law, Provincial Offences, and Bylaw, Concerns

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Learn about various laws involving trees and shrubs including:

• The personal injury and property damage concerns relating to duty of care, standard of care, and negligent maintenance,
• The tort law issues involving nuisance by branches, roots, leaves, as well as intentional or accidental trespass,
• The realty dispute issues involving expropriation as well as common ownership of border trees as prescribed by the Forestry Act,
• The property title issues involving the techical difficulty when determining ownership of a boundary tree,
• The provincial offences violations involving trees including risks of fines and jail time as penalties, and
• The municipal bylaw issues affecting rights of cutting, pruning, as affecting property owners, among others.

and much more.

Expected Takeaways

The Tree Law Talk presentation explains the legal principles involving, among other issues:

• The duty of maintenance as owed by tree owners;
• The liability upon tree owners for damage caused to the property of others;
• The intrusion of branches or roots upon neighbouring property;
• The muncipal bylaws restricting pruning, cutting, or removal of certain trees;
• The basis for calculating value of trees in trespass liability or expropriation cases including factors such as amenity benefits involving shading, wind break, etc., as well as contribution to realty appeal;
• The need for expert opinion evidence from a qualified consulting arborist; and
• The bonus material for how to attract clients with tree law cases.

Materials Included:

• A handout containing extensive case law, fully cited, and linked to CanLII for convenient future use as quick reference secondary source material;
• A three-hour video containing interactive discussion with live event participants and extensive anecdotal explanations of relevant principles; and
• A Certificate of Participation document syndicated upon the Success.legal profile page of the participating legal professional.

The first twenty (20) enrollees receive a free copy of Trees and the Law In Canada by Julian Dunster

- book give away is applicable to practitioner enrollees only -

• Contains 262 pages with over 500 case law citations.

About the Author:
Dr. Dunster has over thirty years of hands-on experience from assignments all over the world, and his innovative work has been recognised with many awards.  Julian has has served as an expert witness in court cases and tree fatality inquests.

Julian is a Registered Consulting Arborist, a Registered Professional Forester, and a Registered Professional Planner, and in addition to two degrees in forestry, he holds a Doctorate in Regional Planning and Resource Development.

This is the arboriculture law handbook that every legal practitioner needs.