Your responsibilities as a woodland owner
The following is for information only. If you have any concerns of a legal nature then you are advised to consult a solicitor with knowledge of countryside law. Someone injured through your negligence can bring an action for damages against you in a civil court. If you are found negligent,
Know your liabilities
Extracts from ‘The Law and Visitor Safety’, chapter 9 of ‘Managing Visitor Safety in the Countryside – Principles and Practice’, a publication of the Visitor Safety in the Countryside Group. Under Section 2(2) of the Occupiers’ Liability Act of 1957 (OLA57), the occupier has “a duty to take such care