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Liability for straying livestock.

Let us say that cows have strayed onto your property and caused damage. What are you rights? What liability does the owner of the cow have? The Animals Act 1971 makes an owner or person in possession of livestock ‘strictly liable’ for any damage caused by their animals trespassing on land owned/occupied by another. This means that even if the owner of the livestock took all possible precautions, they are still liable if their animal crosses the boundary of someone else’s property.

A livestock owner will be liable for any damage caused by their animal(s) to the land or any property on the land, eg, the cost of re-instating the garden damaged by a cow. They will also be liable for any death or personal injury resulting from the trespass.

If the livestock owner can show that the owner/ occupier of the land onto which the animal strayed gave permission for the animal to cross the boundary this will amount to a defence.

The livestock owner will not be ‘strictly liable’ for any damage resulting from the trespass of the animal where the animal strayed from a highway and it was lawful for the animal to be on that highway. That does not necessarily mean they will escape liability, but the owner/occupier of the land upon which the animal strayed will have to prove the livestock owner was negligent. However, they may still be ‘strictly liable’ for any damage if they unreasonably delayed in collecting the animal.

The livestock owner will not be liable for any damage which was wholly due to the fault of the owner/occupier of the land onto which the animal strayed. However, the person who suffered damage will not be regarded as being at fault just because they could have prevented the damage by fencing the land.

The livestock owner will also not be liable for any damage if they can show the animal would not have strayed onto the land in question had it not been for a breach by another land owner/ occupier of a duty to fence land.

If a satisfactory settlement of any claim for compensation cannot be reached it is open to the person who has suffered the damage to start a court claim.

Where livestock strays onto land owned/occupied by another, that person has the right to detain the livestock, provided the livestock is not under anyone’s control at the time of the detention. However, this right should be exercised with caution as a person exercising this right is liable for any damage caused to the detained animal resulting from a failure to treat the animal with reasonable care and to supply it with adequate food and water.

The right of detention ends:

• after 48 hours, unless within that 48-hour period the detention has been properly reported to the police and the person exercising the right of detention knows who owns, or has the right to possess, the livestock and has given them notice of the detention; or

• where the livestock owner has offered sufficient money to satisfy any claim for damage caused by the animal and any reasonable expenses incurred in keeping it; or

• where there is no claim for damage and the animal is claimed by it’s owner, or the person who has the right of possession; or

• when a court orders the return of the animal.

Email: enquiries@lyonslaw.co.uk Website: www.lyonslaw.co.uk Telephone: 0117 950 6506

An established and progressive

Assuming the livestock have been detained lawfully, the owner/occupier of the land upon which the animal strayed becomes entitled to sell the animal 14 days after it strayed onto the land, providing there are no pending proceedings for the return of the animal, or by the person detaining the animal for damage done by the animal or for expenses incurred in keeping it.

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If a sale takes place and the amount the animal is sold for exceeds the value of the claim of the person who detained the animal, then the livestock owner can recover the excess from them.

If in doubt as to your position seek legal advice.

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Winning Word Prize Puzzle

Last month’s new puzzle proved popular so here’s another one in the same format for you. Ten questions. Ten answers. Each answer has ten letters. Drop all the the answers into the corresponding lines on the grid and if your answers are correct the highlighted squares will spell out the Winning Word. Send that word to me at andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650 no later than 31st March and all correct entries go into a hat. First drawn from the hat wins a £30 gift voucher.

1. Hedgerow fruit

2. Local Wildlife & Westlands Trust reserve

3. e.g. Stav Danaos and Ian Fergusson

4. Californian theme park

5. Form of inflammation of the airways

6. Greek mathematician b. 287BC known for his buoyancy principle

7. Words connected or split by a “-” are ....?

8. The passing of wind

Name:

... and just for fun, here’s a curry themed wordsearch for you. Eighteen dishes listed, only seventeen are in the gridwhich one has been left out? Words can be written forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. Answer on page 87.

Curry Time

Date:

9. A journey undertaken to find spiritual meaning or moral direction

10. A hormone and medication often associated with anaphylaxis

Here are your curry dishes -

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