Get the gallows ready (again)
At least five people suffering from E-coli are taking legal action against the source of the outbreak and could claim hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation, lawyers said ... It is believed many more will come forward to seek compensation from Godstone Farm in Surrey after the number of people found to have the infection rose to 64 ... They are being represented by the law firm Russell Jones & Walker, while others are being represented by the firm Field Fisher Waterhouse.
They are pursuing claims for negligence, arguing that the farm should have taken steps to protect them. A spokeswoman for Russell Jones & Walker said "dozens" more sufferers were expected to make claims.
It is unfortunate that people have become ill have visiting this farm but has anyone who has ever had anything to do with stock will tell you, animals carry diseases which you can contract. This isn’t an episode of the BBC’s pathetically urbanite Countryfile – this is the real world. Of course that wont for one moment stop scum sucking legal spawn from trying to make a fast buck. So this morning I shall be digging some more shallow graves in the top paddock. It looks as they will be needed quite soon
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Surely its natural selection at its best!
Posted by: TimC | September 22, 2009 8:27 AM
Ah, FFS. Didn't these pansies ever get taught to... oh, I dunno... wash their 'effin hands? I mean, how hard can it be? Soap, Water, some vigorous hand motions and voilá, they can stick their thumbs in their mouths with great abandon and no fear.
As for the scum sucking lawyers pandering to these filthy morons, they should be buried into a fresh compost pile, alive.
(Did anyone catch the fact that it was only the adults that got sick? Apparently the children are more cleanly than the moronic adults)
Posted by: pdwalker | September 22, 2009 8:40 AM
I'm rapidly coming round to the idea of a very deep hole down which people like this - the lawyers and those represented by them - could be pushed. Hanging suggests that they are human and that they matter, whereas a deep hole, possibly with deep water or mud at the bottom, conveys their status as merely the waste of society.
Posted by: Nikkormat | September 22, 2009 9:24 AM
I live just a couple of miles down the road from Godstone Farm and my kids have been there many times over the years. I've no idea if the current problems are just down to kids washing their hands or not, but the place has always been FULL of signs telling people to wash their hands and the facilities to do so. However, over all the years I've been there I've probably seen no more than half a dozen kids actually doing it. Having said that my youngest got salmonella after a visit there last year, maybe I should get a lawyer on the case and claim for all that toilet paper we used. ;)
I do think we're missing an opportunity here though - how about borrowing some of the livestock and taking it for a little tour around the restaurant kitchens of Westminster...?
Posted by: Bruce | September 22, 2009 10:33 AM
Of course what I don't understand is why the kids want to go there anyway given the fact that the fields around us are full of livestock. Probably more to do with the adventure playground...
Posted by: Bruce | September 22, 2009 11:55 AM
I wonder what figure will be put on the loss of earnings for a five year old.
Off topic: Government officials track cars and trespass on private property, report shows
"Government officials have been improperly tracking cars and trespassing on private property after receiving advice from the Home Office on circumventing the law, internal documents seen by The Daily Telegraph have disclosed."
Posted by: Gareth | September 22, 2009 12:59 PM
Bruce I like it, maybe the next prospective Parliamentary candidate meeting outdoor buffet could be held somewhere suitable, oooh I dont know perhaps Godstone?
Posted by: TimC | September 22, 2009 7:42 PM
I feel pretty sad about this news. My children loved that farm like a second home. All the local schools organise outings there every year (or used to), because they know how much all the kids love the place.
No child on Earth wants "protection" from stroking lambs in a pen or from touching a little calf's nose. They instinctively know it's a right thing, as do we all.
Where the hell were these elven safety lawyers raised anyway - the lowest circle of hell? And how soon can we send them back?
Posted by: alan143 | September 22, 2009 11:29 PM