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QUT and affiliates sued for $8m Kangaroo Point 18-May-2017 At 8:31:44 PM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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On 18/05/2017 patto wrote:
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>In Australia they generally win because the notion of risk acceptance doesn't exist.
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Wasn't there a landmark case a few years back in Northern Territory where some possibly-intoxicated(?) person fell off a cliff on a walking trail/lookout and tried sueing all and sundry because of alleged lack of signage and fences; but the case was thrown out in court due to the finding that they were responsible for their own safety re the 'risks' they took?
I remember it being lauded at the time as a win for common sense and an excellent precedent for future 'liability claims'...

>QUT and affiliates sued for $8m Kangaroo Point
~> My commiserations for all concerned.

ODH wrote:
>Mods should nuke this thread.

Why?
Despite being tragic, and as a result potentially sensitive for those involved, I'd reckon it is an important topic that would be of great interest to many of today's climbers in our sadly ever-increasingly litigious society.
... And on a lighthearted note; I also reckon the topic of more interest than another repeat of old topics, plus I want to see the outcome of your debaiting leftarmgood!
Heh, heh, heh.

ODH also wrote;
>I do not climb with people who take me off belay without the "Safe", "You say safe?", "Yep", "Ok, off belay" conversation.

>The only person who ever took me off belay without me telling them to is fuching dead to me. I deleted their phone number then told everyone I could think of not to climb with the fuchwit.

Another +1 to that...
I guess I am fortunate that it has only happened to me once in my long climbing sojourn, but it has certainly indelibly imprinted my memory bank and keeps me wary to this day...