Damage by grazing animals on ready-made lawn - lack of fencing could be considered a contributory factor

Supreme Court judgment 26 October 2022, HR-2022-2068-A, (case no. 22-006693SIV-HRET), civil case, appeal against reappraisal.  

I. A (Counsel Hilde Sannes Holløkken) v. Buskerud Ferdigplen AS (Counsel Jørgen Aandal Vangsnes)

II. Buskerud Ferdigplen AS (Counsel Jørgen Aandal Vangsnes) v. A (Counsel Hilde Sannes Holløkken)

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Areas of law: Tort law. Section 7 subsection 2 of the Grazing Act. Sections 5-1 and 5-2 of the Compensatory Damages Act. 

Key paragraphs: 54–57, 69

Justices: Normann, Bull, Ringnes, Østensen Berglund, Sæther