In a world where it can seem that every matter in life is sent
to the courts for resolution, the issue of legal liability in the
seemingly harmless pursuit of 'Tag' has been placed under
the microscope recently.
What happened in the case, what was alleged and the findings of
the court are important for all teachers and staff within the
education sector to be aware of regarding the question of liability
for incidents that take place within a school environment.
The case, which went to the NSW Court of Appeal, centred on the
injury of a 10 year old student during a game of 'table
soccer', which was a warm up for a physical education class
being conducted at the school.
Table soccer is a game in which participants would have to
traverse the length of the basketball court whilst a number of
"taggers" would try and tag them. During the
game the 'taggers' needed to have at least one foot on a
white line in order to successfully tag heir opponent. The student
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