Management

6.16 Legal liability and associated matters

6.16 Legal liability and associated matters (PDF - 80Kb)

• 6.16.1 Duties owed to students
  • 6.16.1.1 Specific duty of care
  • 6.16.1.2 General duties under law
• 6.16.2 The matter of liability
  • 6.16.2.1 Teachers
  • 6.16.2.2 Volunteer workers
• 6.16.3 Official duties: teachers
• 6.16.4 Negligent advice: teachers
• 6.16.5 Student searches and seizure of property
  • 6.16.5.1 Student searches
  • 6.16.5.2 Seizure of property
• 6.16.6 Powers of arrest
  • 6.16.6.1 Stalking and intervention orders
• 6.16.7 Occupiers liability
• 6.16.8 Liability for medical expenses
• 6.16.9 Parent liability for school property damage
• 6.16.10 Personal goods brought to school at owner’s risk
• 6.16.11 Options for dealing with trespassers and violence in schools
  • 6.16.11.1 Warning notices for trespassers on school premises
  • 6.16.11.2 School not in a public place
    • 6.16.11.2.1 Court intervention orders, stalking and intimidatory conduct in and/or outside the school grounds
  • 6.16.11.3 Magistrates’ Court bond to keep the peace
  • 6.16.11.4 Loitering near a school by a sexual offender
  • 6.16.11.5 Restraint of students under regulations
  • 6.16.11.6 Student discipline code
• 6.16.12 Schools and controversial matters
  • 6.16.12.1 Comment on controversial issues
  • 6.16.12.2 Use of students and resources
  • 6.16.12.3 Display of controversial notices on school premises
  • 6.16.12.4 Controversial matters: disciplinary action
  • 6.16.12.5 Controversial matters: exclusions
  • 6.16.12.6 Party-political activities
• 6.16.13 Legal advice from the Legal Services Branch
• 6.16.14 Litigation
• 6.16.15 Legal responsibilities of schools with regard to contractors
• 6.16.16 Supervision of trainee teachers and interns
  • 6.16.16.1 Interns
  • 6.16.16.2 Trainee teachers
  • 6.16.16.3 WorkCover provisions