Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn (as St Anthony's Primary School) v Hadba

[2005] HCA 31
Judgment date
Case number
C17/2004
Before
Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Hayne, Callinan, Heydon JJ
Catchwords

Negligence – Standard of care - Breach - Eight year old child injured when pulled from flying fox in school playground by fellow student - Whether standard of care owed by school authority extends to the necessity to provide constant supervision over play equipment.

Negligence – Reasonable practicability - Whether constant supervision of dangerous equipment reasonably practicable.

Negligence – Causation - Whether a different system would have prevented the respondent's injuries.

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