On 1/10/08 18:00, in article
ult, "Steve Harris"
wrote:

In article ,
(Sacha) wrote:

I don't know if suing the farmer will get you anywhere. The problem
seems to lie with pasture that has been sprayed with a permitted
herbicide. If 'your' farmer didn't know this could cause a problem, he
can hardly be at fault

Suing the seller is the correct procedure. It may not be the farmer's
fault but s/he is responsible for what they sell. In turn they may be able
to sue whoever sold them bad materials.

And so another farmer could, perhaps, go out of business for good.
I can't say I'd vote for that if a little investigation showed me he was
ignorant of the circumstances and all I'd lost was an allotment of veggies
with the option to buy them elsewhere for a season and start again next
season. How many UK farmers carry legal liability insurance against selling
on manure that rots off some veggies, I wonder.


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Sacha
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South Devon
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