一位邻居在最后一刻介入，挽救了一棵120岁的树，使其免于被议会砍伐。
周三凌晨，安德鲁·布伦纳提交了一份禁令，要求当局在没有通知其他各方的情况下，停止砍伐伦敦北部斯特劳德格林的这棵树。
周日，哈林盖议会在“黑暗的掩护下”的一次黎明突袭中，在奥克菲尔德路(Oakfield Road)捕获了这棵树，目的是阻止活动人士攀爬并阻止砍伐活动。
这一举动被认为是严厉的，因为保安人员被派去阻止示威者占领这棵树近一年，他们在树枝上挂起了吊床和标语。
本周早些时候，该委员会获得了这棵树的所有权，并将向法院申请允许进行砍伐，因为据称树根很深，导致附近两所房屋下沉。
在布伦纳先生的戏剧性干预后，周四在克拉克威尔县法院举行的听证会被推迟。
该禁令将持续到几周后的后续听证会。
树木被指造成物业下沉
关于这棵树的争论始于去年，当时安联保险公司指责这棵树是导致一处房产下沉的主要原因，并要求地方议会将其砍倒，并赔偿40万英镑。
在听到议会的计划后，哈林盖树抗议者(HTP)动员了120多名活动家保护这棵梧桐树不受议会工作人员的链锯伤害。
布伦纳住在这棵树的正后面，英杰华/安联保险公司声称，这棵树导致他的房子下沉，这所房子始建于上世纪90年代。
然而，正是他在周四听证会上的干预，导致了抗议者的胜利。
该委员会于周日凌晨接管了这棵树，有争议的说法是，抗议者在本周的法庭听证会之前准备用攀爬绳索占领这棵树。
HTP的激进分子否认了这些指控。
活动家Giovanna Iozzi说:“他们试图通过说我们在树上放了新东西来证明这是正确的，但这不是真的。”
“从秋天开始，这棵树就没有被占用过。”
哈林盖市议会将于周五在法庭上寻求禁令，禁止HTP和任何其他活动人士在这棵树前抗议。
那次听证会从去年12月开始推迟，以便给金融监察专员提交一份针对保险公司的报告留出时间，但目前还没有提交。
但布伦纳先生出人意料的禁令却引起了轩然大波。
布伦纳的代理律师查尔斯·斯特莱顿(Charles Streeton)表示，他的行为是由于地方议会在周日凌晨4:30“在黑暗的掩护下”包围了这棵树。
他们担心的不仅是他们可能会把树砍倒，而且“他们也可能会以某种方式破坏这棵树，使它不得不被砍倒”。
他还表示，他的当事人认为，委员会“可能会以某种方式对他与保险公司的案件产生偏见”。
哈林盖地方议会的律师斯蒂芬·埃文斯(Stephen Evans)表示，在判决之前，布伦纳没有向地方议会表明他希望这棵树继续存在，也没有“对地方议会砍掉这棵树的决定有任何异议”。
但斯特莱顿先生补充说，布伦纳先生联系了哈林盖市议员迈克·博多(Mike Hakata)，并被告知他的电子邮件已被发送给法律团队。
他说，市议会从未向其法律团队发出过不会砍倒这棵树的确认，布伦纳也不知道市议会是否会等待。
Mr Streeton also said the “nub” of his client’s complaint was that the financial ombudsman looking into subsidence issues in Mr Brenner’s home was waiting for Aviva to respond in order to submit its report.
He said: “Aviva has held up that response and that’s where the delay is coming from.”
Mr Brenner’s last-minute move came as a surprise for those protesting the tree being cut down.
‘Mature trees are being neglected’
Ms Iozzi, 49, added: “I didn’t expect it. It came at the very last hour. But I think that desperate measures ask for desperate actions. We’re all so shocked.”
Mr Evans said the council had put a notice on the tree last April but had been stopped from felling it by protestors, which was why in December it sought its injunction to stop them.
He said a financial ombudsman report would look at engineering evidence.
Mr Evans added that if there were any previous reports sought by Mr Brenner and his next-door neighbour against the felling of the tree, “we haven’t seen them”.
He continued: “The council’s decision is made on sound grounds.”
Mr Evans also urged Deputy High Court Judge Dan Squires KC, to regard the “grave financial inconvenience to the council if the injunction wasn’t dismissed”.
The judge handed down the judgment on Friday stating that the injunction will stand until a follow-up hearing.
Ms Iozzi said after hearing: “We’re not quite there yet but it has definitely given us some very much appreciated breathing space.
“When the residential injunction was taken out the judge could have discharged it this morning which would have meant the council could have felled the tree today on this grim rainy morning.”
The creative writing teacher added: “Ultimately we may lose the tree but we are hoping that this case will raise the whole issue.
“The reality of the climate emergency is still not being centralised in our legislation and government.
“At the moment the law is in the favour of the insurance companies and we just don’t think that’s right.
“Mature trees are being neglected. People are obsessed with new planting, but new planting just doesn’t cut it. You cannot replace these mature trees.
“They don’t sequester the same amount of carbon and they may not survive in droughts because they’re not strong enough.
“They’re putting a lot of money into planting new trees without looking after the old ladies on the streets.”
It is still not known whether the guarded enclosure around the tree will remain.
Haringey Council has been approached for comment.
A spokesman for the insurance company Allianz said: “This is a complex and ongoing case and we await the decision of the court.
“Sustainability is a business priority for Allianz and we’ve not taken any decisions lightly.
“We’ve been diligent in our investigations to find the best solution to solve the subsidence problem and are working closely with industry experts and the Financial Ombudsman Service.”
