Comments on: U.K.: Maypole fetes and village greens https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/04/uk-maypole-fetes-and-village-greens/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Timothy Harris https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/04/uk-maypole-fetes-and-village-greens/comment-page-1/#comment-7039 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:58:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4826#comment-7039 If you had read the whole article, you would have seen that there was evidence that the hole WAS filled in when the maypole was removed. It appears that the softer earth where the hole had been was removed by unknown entities shortly before the incident.

We don’t know how the court would have ruled were there not such evidence.

]]> By: Richard Nieporent https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/04/uk-maypole-fetes-and-village-greens/comment-page-1/#comment-7038 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:16:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4826#comment-7038 Just another example of the tragedy of the commons. 🙂

]]> By: nevins https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/04/uk-maypole-fetes-and-village-greens/comment-page-1/#comment-7037 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:27:58 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4826#comment-7037 Though it would have been nice for the May pole participants to have left the commons as intact and undisturbed as possible when they were finished. But poor citizenship and poor social values may not rise to the level of civil negligence.

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