Outdoor Activities, Negligence and the Law (Aldershot: Ashgate
Dartmouth, November 2005) ix and 270 pages.

Recent
years have witnessed several tragedies during school and
youth expeditions. This in turn has led to legislation and
the tight regulation of Outdoor Activity Centres, with
successive governments issuing guidelines for teachers and
others supervising such activities. Inevitably there will
always be risk in relation to adventurous pursuits in the
outdoors, but the law in this area seeks a balance between
the educational benefits gained and the need to safeguard
against potential hazards. Mythologies have arisen,
including the suggestion that a 'blame culture' is so
overwhelming that no youth worker or teacher can sensibly
engage anymore in such activities.
This succinct guide to the legal position refers to a
wide range of outdoor activities and recent legal cases. It
demolishes some of the myths, pointing out common pitfalls
noted in the research and in the litigation, together with
an outline of robust safety features to combat potential
hazards.
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'Shah v Wasim Ul-Haq' Journal of Personal
Injury Law 2009, 4, 189-195
Considers the Court of Appeal judgment in Shah v Ul-Haq
on whether it was open to the courts to strike out as an abuse of
process the personal injury claims of two claimants following a trial at
which it was found that the two claimants had suffered injuries in an
accident for which the defendant was liable but also that they had
fraudulently supported the claim of a third claimant who was not
involved in the accident.
'Peters v East Midlands SHA' Journal of Personal
Injury Law 2009, 2, 89-94
' Palmer v Cornwall CC' Journal of Personal
Injury Law 2009, 3, C124-128
‘In School and Out of School’, chapter in Nicholas Hancox
(ed), Butterworth’s Education Law Manual (West Susses: Tottel
Publishing Ltd, 2008)
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‘Cycle Helmets and Contributory
Negligence’, [2004] Journal of Personal Injury Law 171-191.
New Labour’s Welfare Reforms: Anything
New?’ Modern Law Review (March 2001)
’Walking the public plank; protecting
the safety of visitors to public spaces’, Local Government
Chronicle (November 2000)