Warning signage

[felixthelogchopper]

If I owned a private woodland, and put up signs that couldn't be missed, with Braille and translations and stuff which read -

'Private - I will kill anyone who enters with an axe and sodomise their corpse.'

Could people really still argue if little Dwayne got hit by a falling conker?

 

People could certainly argue. What would be their chances of success is certainly debatable.

[Two Acres]

I've got a pretty similar problem Paul, so I'm thinking about signs myself. I've just started pruning and clearing brash, etc. I'm getting ready to fell some Leylandi. Anyway three kids came along on Saturday and, when they saw me working, asked if it was private property. I said that it was. They then asked if they could make a den, so I said fine, go ahead. Out of interest I rang the solicitor who said I'd be liable for any accidents should anything happen and they decide to sue. He advised insurance. I've found a couple of companies that do specialist ibsurance for woodland. It looks like £150 - £180. Seems reasonable to me for peace of mind, so thats what I'm going to do. He also said to put up some signs saying private property.

[Gary Prentice]

I don't see this as a valid comparison. You expect people to comeup the garden path in order to put things through the letter box, within reason. There is no valid excuse for anyone to visit a private woodland with no public right of way without the owner's permission, so there is no extent to which the visit is reasonable.

 

However, no doubt there's a whole bunch of ambulance-chasing lawyers who would disagree.

 

I'll agree it isn't the best example:biggrin:

[Alycidon]

Put one of these up,that'll keep the buggers out!

 

But will encourage a different element who would wish to eat them.

 

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[Countryboy]

I own 16 acres of woodland with no public access. I have public liability insuranceto cover anyone who may trespass. Signs on the gaťes which read " Warning dogs may be loose" and also private no entry signs. The gates are locked and I keep photos on file to show the gates are kept locked. A diaryis kept and I write down what I do or find, and also what the weather is like every time I go to the wood. I was advised to to this when I purchased the woodland several years ago

[Marc Lewis]

Ex turpi causa non oritor actio. Poaching is a criminal offence, unlike trespass which is a civil offence.

 

I dont think that matters felix. We have all heard the storys of burglars maiming themselves on a fence and claiming compo from the owner. The world has gone mad!!!

[felixthelogchopper]

I dont think that matters felix. We have all heard the storys of burglars maiming themselves on a fence and claiming compo from the owner. The world has gone mad!!!

 

True, we have all heard stories but how many of them are true? Unless somebody has deliberately laid a trap then there should be no claim recognised.

[Marc Lewis]

True, we have all heard stories but how many of them are true? Unless somebody has deliberately laid a trap then there should be no claim recognised.

 

Live in hope??

[Marc Lewis]

Sorry no queston mark meant

[felixthelogchopper]

Sorry no queston mark meant

 

No worries, I know what you mean. It only takes the CPS to decide that there is insufficient evidence to charge the burglar and, hey presto, no misdeed so no ex turpi causa.