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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Like clearing snow and ice from the pavements of your paths, don't bother as if someone slips on the section you have cleared they can sue you for damages.

Absolutely mental!!

Best to leave it to the council as they will get sued instead but we can't always rely on them clearing the snow anyway. Now we know why they fail to do their job.

I hate this compensation culture we are now living in!

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

A spokesperson for the Holyrood Parish Cooncil assures us this is an urban myth.

This is the same mob which assured us there's plenty of grit and that Megrahi would die within 3 months

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By *prite128Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

think its only true if it can be proved you were deliberately careless and this caused someone to be hurt...i saw the example that if you shovelled your snow across your neighbours path and that caused them to slip then you may be at fault, whereas if you shovelled it all into your garden and then the dozy twonk slipped anyhow then its unlikely you'd be at fault.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Some lawyer spoke about it on the news and also its on the BBC website.

But who am i to believe

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

Looking at what the BBC site says it would seem to come down to whether you have a duty to clear if you're expecting the postman or the milkman etc(like on your own path) or are just being helpful (like on the pavement/ road).

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I thought you where responsible for the pavement directly outside your house

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

Don't think so.

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

Whilst some are helping others - some are helping themselves.

"Thieves are suspected to have used a large vehicle and lifting gear to steal a grit bin with two tonnes of salt from a road in East Renfrewshire.

The bright-yellow fibreglass bin and its load, worth £300, were removed from the junction of Capelrig and Crookfur Road, Newton Mearns, on Thursday.

The grit was intended for use on local streets and footpaths. "

Anyone checked ebay recently?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"Whilst some are helping others - some are helping themselves.

"Thieves are suspected to have used a large vehicle and lifting gear to steal a grit bin with two tonnes of salt from a road in East Renfrewshire.

The bright-yellow fibreglass bin and its load, worth £300, were removed from the junction of Capelrig and Crookfur Road, Newton Mearns, on Thursday.

The grit was intended for use on local streets and footpaths. "

Anyone checked ebay recently?"

ffs dont you have anything to say thats not all doom and gloom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't think so."

It is my understanding of english law that if you clear the snow from your pavement then you run a theoretical risk if you clear the pavement in front of your house.

The responsibilty for this rests with the local authority.

If you sweep snow from one area to another, in a way likely to cause injury then there is the chance that you would face legal action. However, any injured person would have to prove that you acted maliciously or carelessly. This aint so easy to do in practice.

On your own land, you will owe a duty of care to visitors under the occupiers liablity act to take reasonable care to make sure they are safe whilst on your property. The test of resonableness is always an objective one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So how does it figure to be 'your' snow? It falls every fookin where! Do snowflakes have an address on them? Surely you could counterargue that the snow that fell on the pavement outside your house was actually No. 34s snow and you were just giving it back to him. It's not your fault that to dozey prat hasn't learned to walk in 56 years is it?

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