Practitioners advising on dangerous recreational activity defences under s 5L should note that the obvious risk may be formulated with a degree of generality, and that it is not necessary to specify the precise mechanism by which the risk materialised (e.g., the specific stimulus that spooked a horse), provided the formulation captures the general causal mechanism of the harm suffered.
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