Beware the hidden risk: event organiser and venue owner liability

Monday, 02 January 2012 Author: Jon Walters

Recent tragic events in motorsport, with the deaths of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli in IndyCar and MotoGP respectively, have brought into focus the role event organisers and venue owners play in ensuring the safety of those participating in sporting events and where liability rests when accidents do occur.

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Jon Walters

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