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Compensation Bill [HL]

I agree with the amendment. Personally, I would love to see a law of common sense that says that some things in life are pretty obvious. The notion that you have to put at the edge of a cliff, ““These cliffs are dangerous. If you walk over them, you are liable to fall 200 feet and die””, is absurd. The same applies to all the other risks that are natural in our everyday life. However, given that the law seems to have proceeded down that route, having a clear statement that you can cover yourself against it would be useful. I very much agree with the second part of the amendment, which covers whether something is obvious. That is probably as close as we will get to a law of common sense. As sometimes the courts seem to take leave of their senses regarding what they seem to think people should know, restating the measure might be useful in the general spirit of Clause 1.