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Blair-Ford v CRS Adventures Ltd [2012] EWHC 2360 QB: Risk Assessments and “Welly-Wanging” - Monika Sobiecki, Pump Court Chambers

15/10/12. The claimant was injured in a tragic accident during a "Mini Olympics" event which left him with permanent tetraplegia. Dismissing the claim, Globe J concluded that this was a "freak accident for which no blame can be established".  The claimant was a schoolteacher accompanying pupils on a residential adventure activity course operated by the defendant. On the final day of the course, the organisers held a "Mini Olympics" event involving "welly-wanging" (which for the uninitiated is an unusual sport where participants are required to hurl a wellington boot as far as possible...

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