NEWS
Angling Projects boosted by Korum campaign
Club Korum, the name behind the I ª Fishing campaign, has joined forces with Les Webber’s Angling Projects to get even more youngsters hooked on the sport in 2013. I ª Fishing ambassador Nigel
Botherway visited Angling Projects’ Wraysbury headquarters to present Les with Club Korum fi shing kits to help the organisation with future angling events. T e fl oat, feeder and pole packs,
which include a How To DVD featuring Nigel and former World Champion Tommy Pickering plus an instructional booklet and species spotter guide, will be used by the 2,000 youngsters who are expected to visit the centre this year. Les, who has been introducing
youngsters to the wonders of angling since 1976, is delighted to have the support of Club Korum and its parent company, Preston Innovations. “With Nigel’s help we will run
some Korum Fishing Fun Days at Angling Projects, too,” said Les, who was awarded an MBE for his services to angling in the 2008 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. “T ese kits will make a huge
diff erence to the quality of our project moving forward.”
❱❱ To fi nd out more about Angling Projects, visit
www.angling-projects.
org.uk and Club Korum at www.
clubkorum.co.uk
Les Webber (left) gets backing from Nigel Botherway.
BASC TRADE QUESTIONS
This month, David Ilsley, the BASC’s head of marketing and membership, talks to lawyer Stuart Farr, who
offers free legal advice to members.
T e law is a complex animal but laws are often based on common sense. BASC trade members are entitled to a free legal consultation with Clarke Willmott LLP, where BASC member and lawyer Stuart Farr is on hand to help. One case Stuart worked on involved a dealer who sold a
second-hand entry-level gun to a customer who had recently started shooting clays. T e customer didn’t live in the area so called the dealer
and chose one of two guns off ered, which was shipped to a local registered fi rearm dealer (RFD) so that he could pick it up and inspect it in person. T e cost was only in the low hundreds. A week or two later the customer rang up and said that the gun wasn’t fi t for purpose. It appears that he’d taken it with him to a lesson and his coach was rather disparaging at what he’d bought. T ere was nothing at all wrong with the gun, it was well
in proof and, perhaps most importantly, the customer had clearly had an opportunity to inspect it before he purchased. T e dealer was not inclined to have the gun back and our lawyer agreed – it was bought as seen. Another case regards a dealer storing a signifi cant number of guns for a customer only to see the customer do a fl it without paying the storage fee. Could he sell them on? T e dealer had not reserved himself a power of sale, so all
he would be entitled to do was to hang on to the guns until such time as the storage charges were paid. Stuart has off ered to draft up a short contract that would
include such a power to sell on for use in the future. A third case involves a trader who had taken stock from a wholesaler, only to later fi nd that other stock he held had not sold, and he wanted to cancel his order. T e wholesaler was not happy and demanded payment for the stock ordered. T is all boiled down to what was agreed with the initial contract; was there a right to cancel or not? So, the message is clear, check the wording of your
contracts, the contracts you have with customers, suppliers and, of course, your staff . And remember, BASC trade members can get help
from Clarke Willmott LLP, whose expertise lies in the agricultural, country, real-estate, retail, sport and renewable- energy sectors. In particular, it has a wealth of experience in the shooting
industry and is able to advise on a wide variety of topics that will be directly relevant to your business both now and in the future. Stuart Farr will be on hand to respond to your enquiry and help to ensure that you have received relevant initial advice. He can be contacted at
stuart.farr@clarkewillmott.com or on 0845 209 1051.
❱❱ To fi nd out more about the BASC, call 01244 573000 or visit its website –
www.basc.org.uk
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