Insurance Law

Contact: Rebecca Stevens and Allison Bailey; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia)

The Queensland Court of Appeal handed down its decision in the matter of State of Queensland v Kelly (1) in late February 2014 in a very brief judgment, dismissing the government's appeal and upholding the trial court's verdict for the plaintiff.

On the same day, The Supreme Court of the ACT handed down judgment in the matter of Ackland v Stewart, Vickery and Stewart (2) in relation to a claim for personal injury arising from the plaintiff performing a backwards aerial somersault onto a jumping pillow in circumstances where the defendant argued it was a dangerous recreational activity.

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