Overview

• Fiona Hall and her son, Sam, are seeking a legal requirement for routine tree safety inspections through a Change.org petition that has attracted nearly 35,000 signatures.
• Tatton MP Esther McVey is backing the effort, with the issue scheduled for debate in Parliament on Wednesday, October 15.
• Christopher Hall, 48, died in 2020 after a large branch fell in The Carrs Park in Wilmslow, less than a year after another branch from the same tree reportedly fell without investigation.
• Cheshire East Council pleaded guilty last year to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act and was fined £500,000, and contractor Ansa was also sentenced for safety breaches, according to the HSE.
• The council says it has since introduced improvements under its tree management strategy and reiterated condolences to the Hall family.