EFT v SQ [2019] NZDT 1357 (25 October 2019) [pdf, 195 KB]
...are EFT 's reasonable losses? Was Mr Q negligent in allowing his stock to make their way onto the highway? 4. I find that EFT have provided insufficient evidence to prove negligence on Mr Q's part. Section 5(2) of the Animal Law Reform Act 1989 states that, in determining whether or not a person is liable by way of negligence for damage caused by an animal straying onto a particular highway, consideration shall be given to the common practice in the relevant locality in r...