A car crashed into one of my cows - who's at fault?
As the owner and handler of the cattle, you must take precaution and care in controlling and driving the cattle on the road, warns solicitor Stephen Coppinger.
Dear Stephen,
I am a dairy farmer. I have a herd of around 50 cattle. I have to move them occasionally over a fairly quiet public road from one of the fields back to the farmyard.
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