Para-triathlete world champion Emily Tapp denied compensation because court rules campdrafting is a dangerous recreational activity that poses an obvious risk

Donna Page
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:24pm, first published November 11 2020 - 12:00pm
COURT ACTION: Emily Tapp had her claim for damages dismissed in the NSW Court of Appeal last month after she suffered spinal damage in a 2011 Upper Hunter horse fall.
COURT ACTION: Emily Tapp had her claim for damages dismissed in the NSW Court of Appeal last month after she suffered spinal damage in a 2011 Upper Hunter horse fall.

COMMONWEALTH Games silver medallist Emily Tapp has lost an appeal for damages after a horse riding fall in the Upper Hunter that left her with permanent spinal damage.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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