Subjects:

Animal Law

Contents:

Getting interested - Riding lessons and what to look for in a school

Deciding to get a horse - Loan or buy?

Private purchase, auction or commercial dealer - how your rights and remedies differ

Vetting procedure - what are the vet's responsibilities and what aren't

Insurance rights and duties

Buying equipment

Keeping your horse somewhere - livery yard or home?

Stables at home

The horse as road traffic

Going to shows

Loan arrangements

Breeding from your horse - Stud arrangements

Artificial insemination contracts

Horse businesses

Criminal law - Theft, cruelty to horses, road offences, public order of offences

Veterinary/farrier negligence

Disposing of your horse.

Practical Horse Law sets out to be an accessible and readable guide to the law for horse owners and riders in situations where they might need to consider their legal position and the need for legal advice. It also suggests steps which can be taken to prevent becoming involved in litigation in the first place. Horseriding is a risk sport, horses are valuable animals, and owners and riders need to be aware of all the legal pitfalls.

It includes choosing a riding school, riding safely, whether in a school or on roads and tracks, buying, selling and loaning horses and equipment, accidents and veterinary negligence, how to make a claim and what to claim for, keeping horses at home or at livery, animal welfare and more.