"the_constructor" wrote in message
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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someone here wrote:
"Scotty22" wrote in message
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Grow some bramble bushes inside the bush your trying to protect, and
enjoy the benefits of rasberries/blackberries and protection for your
bush. Just keep in under control

But be aware that if anyone hurts themselves on your bramble,
you could be held liable for their injuries.

The sad state of Nanny Blairs England

You may find that legal actions for personal injury go back a little
further than New Labour: the Code of the celebrated Iraqi Hammurabi
comes to mind, and that was nearly four thousand years ago.

--
Mike.


Where I live, we have Speight's of hedge hoppers (kids) and the local
Police
advised everyone at the local Residents Association meeting to plant very
prickly bushes in their gardens. This way, if anyone injures themselves
then
it is their own faults, they should not have been there, and it is not
against the law to plant these types of bushes. They also said that they
would take no action if the kids complained.

Different interpretations of the law.
Our police force will:-
Take action against you if you cause damage to someone, even if their being
there is proven to be illegal.
ie they scaled a six foot high wall into a yard and cut themselves on the
sharp plough that was parked inside.

If you are personally assaulted, they will take no action if you fought back
and injured one of your attackers.

We have been told to remove spiky plants from hedging which adjoins a public
footpath. Also advised that it should not be
near any access path to the property.

YMMV