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Annabel wrote:

(1) Then surely the plants belong to the crown therefor you would
have to get royal assent to harvest from them

In the same way that you do to walk along the road, yes. Think about
it a little more - "The Crown" is both a pseudo-person and a complete
legal fiction, depending on context.

(2) If the crown has for some reason kept ownership of wild plants
and animals why did it not have the foresight to retain ownership of
mineral rights for it would have major implications re oil, gold etc.

You are improving. Full marks for deduction. No marks for homework.
That is precisely what the situation is in the UK - I do not own the
mineral rights under my house or the air rights over it! As I am
under an airport flight path, the latter could be useful :-)

I believe that English and Scottish law differ, but in ways that are
completely baffling to most lawyers, let alone laymen.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.