It might be worth advising EM of Malton to make a more detailed claim to the Council for damage to his property caused by earth tremors from road humps using Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) Report 235 content in support of his claim (I recollect that you have referred to this Report yourself?). I succeeded with a claim for £2050 using this report's findings even when the Council had employed "expert engineers" to say there was no basis for claim. There were a number of aspects but first and foremost one has to establish a liability against the Council and demonstrate a breach of duty and/or a breach of statutory duty. Have they taken the claim seriously, have they used instruments to measure the impact/percussion vibrations etc.