§ 38. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Attorney-General if he is aware that the present law, a statute of 1870, is not sufficient to protect motor cars stationed in public city streets from damage done by cattle being driven along those streets and to provide compensation for damage so done; and if he will take steps to bring the law up to date in this respect.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI am not aware of any Act of Parliament, whether passed in 1870 or at any other date, which has the effect attributed to it by my hon. And learned Friend. At common law, anyone who drives cattle through the streets is under a duty to take reasonable care to prevent them damaging other people's property and is liable to an action for damages if he fails to take such care. I have no evidence to suggest that this rule is unsatisfactory?