Snow and Ice

If you live in Winchester regardless of disability the private houses in a mixed estate nick sorry feel free to use all the contents of the grit container on the relitively inclinded only access road to the social housing where there are a number of disabled working tenants who then cannot get out up the hill but the others on the flat are at least gritted so everything is alright innit.

Risk assessment and reasonable mitigative and/or preventative intervention seams appropriate with use of grit and salt or one may be perceived as neglegent as the fresh snow turns to compacted snow & ice with footfall or traffic over it.

By the way don't forget to check the "public liability" element of your home insuurance and if you have a cattle grid you had better also have an alternative access than solely over the vehicle access for pedestrians....

Thanks the links you gave were very helpful, I wonder how the DDA fits in to this. i.e. reasonable adjustments, moving snow and ice to all access/egress. Especially if a landlord/housing assopciation with disabled tenants.

This subject came up some time ago on here in a couple of interesting posts (c&p to address bar);

http://www.workplacelaw.net/forums/listComments/thread/Gritting%2Bin%2Bicy%2Bconditions%2B-%2Bwho%2Bis%2Bresponsible%253F/thread_id/604

http://www.workplacelaw.net/forums/listComments/thread/Grit%2B%252F%2Bsalt%2Bon%2Biced%2Bareas/thread_id/3422

What is the legal opinion or otherwise on removing snow and ice fromt he entrance to premises, especially when it involves a public pavement,

One opinion says if you remove snow and ice, you ar eresponsible if anyone has a fall, the other is if your remove snow and ice and it refreazes if anyone fewll it would be an 'acyt og god' ands no one would be lible to any sort of action.