Tapp v Australian Bushmen’s Campdraft & Rodeo Association Ltd [2020] NSWCA 263

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Tapp v Australian Bushmen's Campdraft & Rodeo Association Ltd [2020] NSWCA 263 Hearing dates: 21 July 2020 Date of orders: 23 October 2020 Decision date: 23 October 2020 Before: Basten JA at [1], Payne JA at [6], McCallum JA at [128]. Decision: (1) Appeal dismissed; (2) Appellant to pay the respondent's costs. Catchwords: TORTS – negligence – Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 5F, 5L – meaning of "obvious risk" – identification of risk – level of generality – principles to be applied TORTS – negligence – elements of cause of action in negligence – breach of duty – whether failing to halt event breached Rodeo Association's duty of care – whether liability defeated by s 5L of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) WORDS AND PHRASES – "obvious risk" – Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 5K CONSUMER PROTECTION – s 60 Australian Consumer Law – consumer guarantee – whether new case on appeal permissible Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law (Sch 2, Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)), ss 2, 4, Pt 9, 60, 61, 64, 236, 237, 275 Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 3C, Pt 1A, 5B, 5C, 5F, 5G, 5H, 5I, 5K, 5L, 5M, Pt 9, 60, 61, 64 Civil Liability (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002 (NSW) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), ss 4, 139A, 275 Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (NZ), ss 28, 29 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 34 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 74 Cases Cited: Alameddine v Glenworth Valley Horse Riding Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 219; (2015) 324 ALR 355 Avopiling Pty Ltd v Bosevski (2018) 98 NSWLR 171; [2018] NSWCA 146 Bitupave Ltd t/as Boral Asphalt v Pillinger [2015] NSWCA 298 Brocklands Pty Ltd v Tasmanian Networks Pty Ltd [2020] TASFC 4 C G Maloney Pty Ltd v Hutton-Potts [2006] NSWCA 136 Collins v Clarence Valley Council (2015) 91 NSWLR 128; [2015] NSWCA 263 Fallas v Mourlas (2006) 65 NSWLR 418; [2006] NSWCA 32 Goode v Angland (2017) 96 NSWLR 503; [2017] NSWCA 311 Hallmark Construction Pty Ltd v Brett Harford [2020] NSWCA 41 Howard v R [2019] NSWCCA 109 Menz v Wagga Wagga Show Society Inc [2020] NSWCA 65 Meridian Global Funds Management Asia Ltd v Securities Commission [1995] 2 AC 500 Obeid v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2014) 226 FCR 471; [2014] FCAFC 155 Paul v Cooke (2013) 85 NSWLR 167; [2013] NSWCA 311 Perisher Blue Pty Ltd v Nair-Smith (2015) 90 NSWLR 1; [2015] NSWCA 90 Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180; [1999] HCA 36 Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales v Dederer (2007) 234 CLR 330; [2007] HCA 42 Scenic Tours Pty Ltd v Moore [2018] NSWCA 238; (2018) 361 ALR 456 Schultz v McCormack [2015] NSWCA 330 Singh bhnf Ambu Kanwar v Lynch [2020] NSWCA 152 Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14; (2020) 94 ALJR 502 Suttor v Gundowda Pty Ltd (1950) 81 CLR 418; [1950] HCA 35 Tapp v Australian Bushmen's Campdraft & Rodeo Association Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1506 Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 153 Texts Cited: Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council, Consumer Rights: Reforming Statutory Implied Conditions and Warranties (Final Report, October 2009) Commonwealth House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 17 March 2010 Negligence Review Panel, Review of the Law of Negligence: Final Report, Commonwealth of Australia, (September 2002) Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No 2) 2010 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Emily Jade Rose Tapp (Appellant) Australian Bushmen's Campdraft & Rodeo Association Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D F Jackson QC with D F Villa SC and J A Hillier (Appellant) G Watson SC with D Lloyd (Respondent) Solicitors: Commins Hendricks (Appellant) RGS Law (Respondent) File Number(s): 2019/370858 Publication restriction: Nil. Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Common Law Citation: [2019] NSWSC 1506 Date of Decision: 4 November 2019 Before: Lonergan J File Number(s): 2012/241041