Constant supervision of play unreasonable.

In June this year, the High Court of Australia decided that an eight-year-old girl injured in the playground had failed to make a case of negligence against her school. In their judgment, the majority of judges stated that it was unreasonable to have a system in which children are observed during particular activities for every single moment of time: 'It is damaging to teacher-pupil relationships by removing even the slightest element of trust; it is likely to retard the development of responsibility in children, and it is likely to call for a great increase in the number of supervising teachers and in the costs of providing them' (Sydney Morning Herald, 16/6/05, p.8).