Hi,
Forgive my ignorance, but I was after some advice regarding my situation.
I live in a small town in regional WA and the local shire has kindly given myself and my work colleagues (approx 7 of us) access to a previously unused squash court/building
we do not pay for access to the building, which we use for playing squash and martial arts/fitness training.
At this moment in time, it is only my work colleuges and shire staff who have access to the building and potentially the fitness equipment which is used (weights/boxing bags etc)
There is of course, the potential that other members of the community will be given access to the squash building and all the equipment that we have installed in due course.
My question/concern is that, if anyone (not myself/work collegues) are injured through non supervised use of the equipment we have installed in the building, could we be liable for damages?
This is not a commercial venture and at this stage access to the equipment is very limited, but future access to other members of the community would be good...if practical
With this in mind, would it be advisable to get some public liability insurance, or is it likely that the local shire would already have insurance for this kind of situation?
Thanks in advance.
Forgive my ignorance, but I was after some advice regarding my situation.
I live in a small town in regional WA and the local shire has kindly given myself and my work colleagues (approx 7 of us) access to a previously unused squash court/building
we do not pay for access to the building, which we use for playing squash and martial arts/fitness training.
At this moment in time, it is only my work colleuges and shire staff who have access to the building and potentially the fitness equipment which is used (weights/boxing bags etc)
There is of course, the potential that other members of the community will be given access to the squash building and all the equipment that we have installed in due course.
My question/concern is that, if anyone (not myself/work collegues) are injured through non supervised use of the equipment we have installed in the building, could we be liable for damages?
This is not a commercial venture and at this stage access to the equipment is very limited, but future access to other members of the community would be good...if practical
With this in mind, would it be advisable to get some public liability insurance, or is it likely that the local shire would already have insurance for this kind of situation?
Thanks in advance.