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From a risk point of view, trees are a problem. Children climb them, their roots undermine the highway and high winds cause havoc. However, in Sheffield a whole new set of tree problems emerged, which led to a Public Inquiry. This is a fascinating study of how contracts, inquiries and risk mix: assessing the risks, a large section of the community protesting against the tree felling, operational decisions, FOI requests on every aspect, cultural, insurance and highways issues plus many others. Henry will cover the risk angles of this story and the report which followed.
Henry is a public sector specialist with over 20 years' experience in advising public sector bodies.
He specialises in social care claims, highways, human rights, occupiers' liability, employers' liability, stress, public rights of way and 'power and duty' cases. His work includes recovery of indemnities under outsource contracts and contributions from abusers. With particular experience in CSE (Child sexual exploitation), he is used to 'press cases' and is media trained.