My faith back in the British legal system

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SpruceRI

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Just read the article about the woman who was injured in a XC lesson at a Riding School where she claimed she fell due to hitting or ducking away from a hanging branch.

I'm so glad that this was passed as an accident as whose fault could it have possibly been? The Riding School owner who allowed the branch to grow there? No. The tree for growing there? No. Or the instructor for not noticing it? (Or the pupil for not looking before she leapt - maybe?)

The fact of the matter is that the fall was unfortunate, and an accident and if this woman had won damages it would've opened the floodgates for similar claims.

Would councils have to cut even more trees down in case they harmed someone? Cancel Riding School licences as people might fall off and hurt themselves. Instructors having to do a risk assessment before every lesson.
This claims culture seems to be getting out of hand. Soon we'll all be arena-bound because that's deemed the safest place to be. No more hacking, hunting, exploring the countryside on horseback. What a sad world that will be.
 
Accident? Do we even have those anymore?
Also very pleased she diddnt get anything.Some things we chose to do are risky, end of story.Should you get hurt it's sad but just the way it goes, not a chance to make some easy cash
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We've shut our cross country course whilst my father has been unwell

We are seriously thinking about never reopening - if we can be sued for branches, rabbit holes and other natural objects its beginning to get a risky business.

If its proven to be your fault and negligence, your insurance won't pay up either.
 
There is a riding stables near me, really it's more of a trekking centre, mainly for kids lessons. They have a tree in the middle of their school. Now, tree and school have been there for donkeys years. Hundreds of kids have learnt to ride in that school. They have managed, succesfully, to avoid riding into the tree and have learnt very quickly to steer around it. There has never been - to my knowledge an accident involving this tree!! However, last year Health and Safety closed the stables down until something was done about the tree. It now has a huge fence around it and Health and Safety have approved this as safe!!

FFS, what is the world comming to, it seems there is no common sense anymore!! So glad to hear that this incident was deemed as an accident - perhaps there is hope after all.
 
I think this compensation claiming thing is a sad state of affairs. Everytime that ad comes on the TV 'where there's blame, there's a claim' I want to scream.

I think as least I was young in the era when you could help at your Riding School all day for a free ride. Ride the ponies back to their fields in a headcollar and no hat on; make jumps up in the woods without some do-gooder dog-walker telling you it was dangerous.

The good old days. When you fell off and got back on. Fell off and hurt yourself, your mum 'kissed it better' then told you off for crying too loudly, and told you to shut up and get back on.
 

Aaaah, the gold 'ol days eh. I remember many times bringing ponies in from the fields in headcollars, and the little b***ers would put their head down to eat and you'd be stuck there tugging and yelling for all you're worth.

I also remember in those days we all had ordinary looking hairy ponies who were never particularly good at anything but were safe and would put up with our antics all day long. I was aware of nothing but a snaffle bridle and learnt that if the pony didn't do what I wanted then I had to try harder!! them were the days.

right, I've had my little moan, now off for my hot choccy and slippers.
 
Few years ago OH saw a bus crash into the stop, fair few old people waiting there.
First on the scene? Someone with a mobile to call for help? No.
Someone asking if everyone was OK? No.
The "claims Direct" people, telling them how much compo they could get.
Never sure if I should laugh or cry at that.

ETS We dont even have an accident book at my sons pre school, it's an injury log with a space to fill in WHY it happend.When I was a toddler we got a kiss, a cuddle then told to stop being silly and go back to play.
 
We have no iding schools near to us, the nearest is about 13 miles away.
The riding schools nearby have closed down, too much insurance, and too many rules.
I felt the only way for my kids to be able to have fun and learn without being too wrapped in cotton wool was to buy them their own pony. And even then you're penalised for being a horse owner....

I am glad that lady didnt win, IMO it's just greediness.
 
I'm only 16 and i remember those days! Hehe.

Theres nothing like an unorthodox day at the stables!

Must agree with you all, it's getting beyond a joke.
 
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Theres nothing like an unorthodox day at the stables!

Must agree with you all, it's getting beyond a joke.

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i remember when jumping without reins, riding without stirrups and the like when i was younger! it made me a btter rider and when i fell off i never saw my mother chasing an ambulance with a lawyer intow!! it was a case of pick youself up, dust off and learn from it!

i shouldnt make a joke but i wonder if the woman was hit with the ugly stick of the tree?!
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i think all the claiming for accidents is daft, im only 18, and since the age of 9 i helped at a riding school, i got free rides, i also had to get onto the little 12hh sod that used to bomb off before lessons, with my instructor with a whip in the middle making the little b*gger canter a few laps on each rein if he had legged it in the previous lesson to get the energy out before a paying customer got on! i thought it was great fun, leg on, cross ur stirrups over, off we go, never even thought of 'oh if i fall off its their fault!' i was having a blast!
 
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