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Steve e ashton  
#1 Posted : 16 May 2014 14:30:08(UTC)
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Steve e ashton

Interesting report of a rejected compensation claim here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...nd-glasgow-west-27444171 I'd be keen to know if any further details are available in the public domain? Does anyone know if this was a claim for negligence, for breach of the Occupiers Liability Act or perhaps for breach of some H&S law? For my money, it seems the issue of 'foreseeability' has not been addressed... I can't see how arguing over the source or nesting place of the specific bird has much relevance to the claim - yet this seems to be what the judge decided the case on... Interested to hear other's thoughts.... Taking this as a valid cause for action - and extending logically - might mean all seaside local authorities could be under a duty to mount an extermination campaign? Which seems quite bizarre to me!
Mr.Flibble  
#2 Posted : 16 May 2014 14:59:29(UTC)
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Mr.Flibble

I got stung by a wasp the other day in the work car park, wonder if I should claim! :) the world has indeed gone nuts!
jwk  
#3 Posted : 16 May 2014 15:05:29(UTC)
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jwk

just shows how gullible some BBC journos are (sorry, couldn't resist), John
A Kurdziel  
#4 Posted : 16 May 2014 15:10:33(UTC)
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A Kurdziel

We have had similar issues with bees! If someone gets stung by a bee on our site the question is… is it a ‘wild’ bee or a bee from our experimental hives? We have, of course, tried to train our bees not to sting visitors, even sent them on a customer engagement courses but to no avail! Well as it’s Friday it’s time for me to buzz off…
chris42  
#5 Posted : 16 May 2014 15:18:34(UTC)
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chris42

Mr.Flibble wrote:
I got stung by a wasp the other day in the work car park, wonder if I should claim! :) the world has indeed gone nuts!
Careful some people have nut allergies, so if the whole world has gone nuts, to whom do you make the claim against? Perhaps there should be a big post in the ground somewhere in the UK with a little plaque stating “May contain nuts”, just like the food industry has to state. Well it is Friday Sorry didn’t mean to hijack. Does anyone have further info for the OP.
Steve e ashton  
#6 Posted : 16 May 2014 15:26:51(UTC)
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Steve e ashton

Hijack away. I am enjoying the giggle.
chris.packham  
#7 Posted : 16 May 2014 15:39:58(UTC)
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chris.packham

Were they worker bees or drones?
firesafety101  
#8 Posted : 16 May 2014 15:48:31(UTC)
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firesafety101

I don't suppose Mr Fibble had time to ask it as he was too busy being stung at the time ;-)
A Kurdziel  
#9 Posted : 16 May 2014 15:53:18(UTC)
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A Kurdziel

chris.packham wrote:
Were they worker bees or drones?
Workers definitely- drones don't sting or work, in fact they are incapable of even feeding themselves... hopeless really like some senior managers I have come across.
MrsBlue  
#10 Posted : 21 May 2014 10:40:12(UTC)
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steve e ashton wrote:
Interesting report of a rejected compensation claim here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...nd-glasgow-west-27444171 Taking this as a valid cause for action - and extending logically - might mean all seaside local authorities could be under a duty to mount an extermination campaign? Which seems quite bizarre to me!
Unfortunately for every LA affected seagulls are a protected species!!! Rich
walker  
#11 Posted : 21 May 2014 10:55:41(UTC)
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walker

I work at places dotted around the UK coast The buildings are five or six stories high - I guess to a sea bird they are quite cliff like. Its actually quite an issue around nesting time and we have to wear hard hats where normally you would not bother. I've seen a head wound that needed stiches, caused by a gull. The IP is a mate and I still wind him up about this
hilary  
#12 Posted : 21 May 2014 11:20:03(UTC)
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hilary

We have the large protected Herring Gulls nesting on our roof. Roof work always employs two people wearing hard hats and one carrying a broom - we even write it on the Permit to Work which is mandatory for roof work. Therefore, foreseeability is an issue and should have been addressed. They are a hazard and if you enter their environment you are putting yourself at risk from injury.
biker1  
#13 Posted : 21 May 2014 16:00:15(UTC)
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biker1

Perhaps she might have had more success taking action against the owners of the nearby rubbish dump referred to, as it was apparently this that attracted the gulls to the area. But honestly, if people are going to start firing off civil actions for attacks by wild birds, where will it end? I got divebombed at a water park by birds, but concluded that I'd got too close to their nests, so my own fault.
Tigers  
#14 Posted : 22 May 2014 11:16:48(UTC)
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Tigers

We were at a well known Leisure Facility over the weekend. Returning from the night club in the early hours, midnight-ish. A man had just bought a slice of pizza and was walking away from the vendor when a seagul swooped out of the darkness and grabbed the pizza landing about 2m away and the pizza disappeared within seconds. Can he claim his £2.99 for the pizza from Billy B.?
Dazzling Puddock  
#15 Posted : 22 May 2014 11:41:25(UTC)
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Dazzling Puddock

The postie in town refused to deliver to a certain street last year due to a herring gow dive bombing her at every opportunity, the gow would wait for her in the morning to arrive with her trolley and commence the assault. When the postie was replaced the gow was never seen again?!! I also had to investigate an accident last year where a Doctor managed to dislocate his own shoulder fending off an attack by a lesser black back!
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