Sports Injuries and the Right to Damages
This article examines the availability of damages at common law for injured sportspersons and the potential liability of employers, organisers, and facility providers in the sporting industry. The article discusses the common law action of the torts of negligence and trespass are considered. Cases d...
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| author | Sadler, Pauline Guthrie, Rob |
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| description | This article examines the availability of damages at common law for injured sportspersons and the potential liability of employers, organisers, and facility providers in the sporting industry. The article discusses the common law action of the torts of negligence and trespass are considered. Cases discussed include: Agar v Hyde; Rogers v Budgen; Noak v Waverley Municipal Council; Bartels v Bankstown City Council; and McNamara v Duncan. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-265112017-01-30T12:53:49Z Sports Injuries and the Right to Damages Sadler, Pauline Guthrie, Rob damages at common law - sporting industry - liability of employers - negligence - trespass This article examines the availability of damages at common law for injured sportspersons and the potential liability of employers, organisers, and facility providers in the sporting industry. The article discusses the common law action of the torts of negligence and trespass are considered. Cases discussed include: Agar v Hyde; Rogers v Budgen; Noak v Waverley Municipal Council; Bartels v Bankstown City Council; and McNamara v Duncan. 2001 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26511 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | damages at common law - sporting industry - liability of employers - negligence - trespass Sadler, Pauline Guthrie, Rob Sports Injuries and the Right to Damages |
| title | Sports Injuries and the Right to Damages |
| title_full | Sports Injuries and the Right to Damages |
| title_fullStr | Sports Injuries and the Right to Damages |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sports Injuries and the Right to Damages |
| title_short | Sports Injuries and the Right to Damages |
| title_sort | sports injuries and the right to damages |
| topic | damages at common law - sporting industry - liability of employers - negligence - trespass |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26511 |