Livery agreement/contract

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My friend is keeping her horse on working livery for a while but the yard she is keeping him at isn't very reliable. She knows I think this but she is very good friends with the owner (this is how everyone else she fell out with started off) and doesn't think they will fall out. However, all the people who have fallen out with the owner has been because she has used them in too many lessons or not been giving the horse what they had verbally agreed on (ie bedding and hay) and because they haven't had a contract or written agreement there has been no proof thr this is what they agreed.
I really want my friend to get everything they agreed on written down and signed, but what actually makes it legal? Does it have to be typed? Signed by a solicitor or lawyer? Or just signed by both parties? If the livery uard doesnt keep to the contract can she sue them? I really think this is the best route for my friend to go down but please share your opinions and help me find the answer to these questions to help her!
 
I have just changed my livery agreements, they are just typed out with details as required, places for owners details and signed by both parties.
If you go on the livery list website they have a useful sample agreement that can be altered easily to suit individuals, it would be useful for your friend to have one as it will detail specific requirements but suing for breech would be unlikely unless there was a clear case of negligence which resulted in financial loss, most injuries to the horse should be covered by insurance as would death.
 
Quite honestly, if the YO isn't trustworthy, a written contract is going to make her any better.
To take legal action is expensive, time consuming and relies on witnesses unless there is proof of how much the horse worked and how it was kept and fed.

If your friend chooses to leave her horse in the care of someone she knows is not reliable or honest, then a court would take that into account if she did ever employ a solicitor and pursue her through the courts.
 
horserider said:
Quite honestly, if the YO isn't trustworthy, a written contract is going to make her any better.
To take legal action is expensive, time consuming and relies on witnesses unless there is proof of how much the horse worked and how it was kept and fed.

If your friend chooses to leave her horse in the care of someone she knows is not reliable or honest, then a court would take that into account if she did ever employ a solicitor and pursue her through the courts.
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This is a fair point, if you do not trust the YO a contract will make no real difference to the care the horse gets.
 
The BHS has some good downloadable livery agreements; you can tweak it to suit your own requirements.

BUT I would agree with others that if someone KNOWS from reliable sources that the YO is a bit creative with what they've agreed upon, then its much better not to get in that situation in the first place surely???

Stay well away/don't go there in the first place, would be my advice.
 
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