Where a plaintiff is already aware of a hazard's existence but trips because they are not looking at it, the absence of a warning (such as a yellow reflective strip) is not a necessary condition of the injury under s 5D(1)(a) of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), because the warning would not have conveyed any information not already present to the plaintiff's mind.
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