The standard of care owed by organisers of inherently dangerous sporting events involving child participants is not reduced by a particular child's knowledge of risk arising from a parental warning; the duty is uniform for all participants and is not established by the understanding or response of a child. Section 13 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) does not require that assumptions about future earning capacity be established in clear and concrete terms where the plaintiff's circumstances do not permit such precision; the court must make the best assessment it can. Hodgson JA identified three deficiencies in the wording of s 13 and invited Parliamentary reconsideration.
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