On 8/9/04 18:31, in article ,
"Rod" wrote:

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:58:34 +0100, Sacha
wrote:


With respect to all other skills, how would amateur gardeners be in a
position to give you a definitive answer to such a question?

It won't stop 'em trying - just watch :~}

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I have been. And I'm right. ;-(
The OP's best bet is the CAB - not just for this event but for any that
follow. Find out the parameters of legal responsibility there and if need
be, consult a friendly lawyer. If this scheme operates for a charity, see
if a lawyer will agree to offer advice to that charity branch free of charge
in exchange for a 'blurb' on any programme or printed publicity. I've
managed to organise this in the past for a charity of which I was chairman
and the lawyer, who had strong and sympathetic views on legal aid, was a
star about giving us free advice for charity events.

This is an increasingly litigious age and the people who make it so are - I
hope - going to inhabit a special circle of hell. Slight exaggeration there
but the canceling of a pancake race for schoolchildren, the taking down of
hanging baskets in case someone gets hurt (they never have been) the threat
of felling chestnut trees in case someone gets hurt by a falling conker
(never happened, ever) etc. etc. makes me think that not only have I missed
making a fortune as a lawyer or a wimpy litigant, there must be many hoping
to emulate being employed by a modern day Aeschylus!

Above all, in terms of present and future events, do NOT take the advice of
net lawyers. Not. You have no idea of their credentials, many have an axe
to grind, many think they 'know' because they've made a thorough-going
nuisance of themselves (and probably utter idiots, too) I have known people
on the Internet claim to be doctors and lawyers (both qualis) who turned out
to be school assistants and others who have claimed to be Professors of
English who were car salesmen.
I cannot imagine anything more potentially damaging than believing such
specialised advice from the net. DON'T DO IT!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)