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• Litigation & law practice

  Cycling in park: no obvious risk, plaintiff succeeds

  The NSW Court of Appeal * recently addressed "obvious risk" under that state’s Civil Liability Act and came to similar conclusions to the Bardon burnout case.

  23 September 2010NSW Court of Appeal
• Litigation & law practice

  Burnouts not Dangerous recreational activity: crash risk not obvious: Plaintiff recovers $80k

  The Civil Liability Act contains complex concepts of "obvious risk", "inherent risk" and "dangerous recreational activity". Nearly 8 years on, there remains a paucity of judicial guidance.

  1 September 2010District Court of Queensland

Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.