Law has got to change

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Re: Law has got to change

Post by Lightningx » Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:24 pm

The world we live in these days...

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Re: Law has got to change

Post by smile0784 » Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:35 pm

Texas wrote:Two 12 (?) Years olds climb a fence into a back yard.
They are carrying knives.
They attack the dog and stab it numerous times
The dog fights them and one is airlifted to hospital, after being mauled.
The dog needed to be put down, because of it's injuries
The owner of the dog is now being sued, because of the injury to the youths
If you enter a property, to commit a crime
You should not be able to sue anybody
Public hospitals will patch you up for free and that's it.
I'll drag you out into the street and deny all knowledge

Gra
The kids are schycopathis

Cant the dogs owner claim self defence?

How to legally defend your property
Introduction
You have certain rights under the CRIMES ACT 1961 to defend your property from offences such as theft, burglary and trespass (see below). You will therefore not be criminally liable for doing so.

The right to defend your property is similar to that of self-defence against a physical attack, in that you are justified in using "reasonable force."

Defence against breaking and entering
You and anyone acting under your authority are justified in using such force as is necessary to prevent a person breaking and entering into your home. This includes taking action to prevent a burglary continuing if you discover that burglars are already in your house.

The defence is available to you only if you believed, on reasonable and probable grounds, that there was no legal justification for the breaking and entering.

Defence against trespass
You are justified in using reasonable force to prevent anyone from trespassing on any land or buildings of which you are in possession. This applies also to anyone assisting you or acting under your authority.

What is reasonable force?
In the situations above, reasonable force does not include striking the other person, nor inflicting bodily harm.

It is difficult to define what is reasonable force, as each situation will be different. But essentially you must use force that is proportionate to the harm that you are trying to prevent.

People acting under your authority
As the right to use reasonable force extends to anyone acting under your authority, this would include one of your employees trying to prevent someone taking your property.


Does a guard dog under your authority?

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