barbed wire fencing

[geezer118]

i want to put barbed wire fencing around my garden,is there a law that stops me.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

how high is your fence

[geezer118]

it is to go around the top of an eight foot high fence

[heathfield]

Broken glass was banned from the top of walls in case the 'little darlings' injured themselves climbing into your property. Barbed wire might have the same restriction. But if your fence is to be eight foot high, you'd need local council permission to erect it anyway, so ask them before you apply.

[jmcb55]

Way back in 2001 you were allowed to put both Glass and Barbed wire fence along the top of your perimeter as long as it was visible from the ground.

The rule of thumb was that if it could be seen and hince act as a deterant it was ok. But if it could not be seen and hince acted as a punishment then you could be sued.

How the law stands today im dont know but im sure it cant have changed that much.

[geezer118]

thankyou for your answers they have helped greatly

[lukey121]

Hey Geezer. Sorry I can't be of any help, But I want to do the same as you. Have you got any further in finding an answer. Also where on earth can you buy it from? I have looked everywhere.

[LostSheep]

Have you looked on eBay -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte m&item=300097342416

[Upforit]

The law, as I understand it does not say you cannot put barbed wire here, broken glass there or man traps anywhere. The applicable law is that if somebody is injured because of your attempts to prevent unauthorised access to your property and the injured party can successfully claim that his access to your property was not illegal (remember, trespass is not a criminal offence- it only becomes so when you request a trespasser to leave and he refuses) under criminal law. You are the guilty party. It might not seem fair, but consider a 10 year old boy, who only wishes to retrieve his football from your garden, but injures himself on your broken glass, put there solely for the purpose to prevent access to your property? Now, I could write reams on this subject but the law, in theory is there to protect the innocent. And however you might view the ten year old attempting to retrieve his football he is not a criminal in this sense. In fact, preventing the boy from retrieving is football could be theft. I understand the feeling on this subject, but if your son came home with his hand torn to shreds because somebody put barbed wire on top of their fence, how would you feel? My view is, come onto my property, accept the consequences. If the law decides my actions were disproportionate to the threat, I would accept my punishment under the law. It is there to protect us all.