Litigation for failure to warn of natural hazards and community resilience

Michael Ernest Eburn

Litigation for failure to warn of natural hazards and community resilience

Michael Ernest Eburn

School of Law

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This paper considers, in the Australian context, the potential liability of those involved in communicating hazard warnings to the community. It considers the proposition that suing the authorities for 'failure to warn' will be a reasonably attractive litigation strategy but that, if adopted, may pose a threat to community resilience. It will argue that reliance on tort (or fault based litigation) may pose a threat to community resilience.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Victorian Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 6 Aug 2008 → …

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Conference	Victorian Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner
City	Melbourne, Australia
Period	6/08/08 → …

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Tort Law

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Litigation for failure to warn of natural hazards and community resilience

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