miketsp
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I found a page with some legal comments for the UK.
http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/safety/doc.html
Some extracts:
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Deliberately causing injury to others is a criminal offence resulting in punishment of the perpetrator.
Some injuries are accidental. The circumstances giving rise to them are wholly unforeseeable. No one is responsible. No compensation is payable.
In between are negligent acts. They are not deliberate, but the injury is foreseeable. The negligent person will not be punished, however the injured party may seek financial compensation as a result. The compensation is paid by the individual who has caused the loss and could amount to millions of pounds!
In order to satisfy or discharge that duty of care you must behave as a reasonable person would but taking into account your specific skills, knowledge and experience.
Your neighbours are those people whom might be injured by your negligent acts and omissions. They will include anyone for whom you have accepted responsibility.
The duty of care requires you to consider the consequences of your acts and omissions and to ensure that those acts and/or omissions do not give rise to a foreseeable risk of injury to any other person. Clearly one is not expected to guarantee the safety of others, merely to act reasonably.
Will Being A Group Leader of A Club or Other Activity Affect My Ordinary Duty of Care?
It may do. As a group leader (or team captain) you have accepted the responsibility of leading others.
It should be noted that on any outing where a group leader has not been appointed the most experienced and or qualified person there ought reasonably to intervene and at least advise if a foreseeable risk of injury arises.
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http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/safety/doc.html
Some extracts:
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Deliberately causing injury to others is a criminal offence resulting in punishment of the perpetrator.
Some injuries are accidental. The circumstances giving rise to them are wholly unforeseeable. No one is responsible. No compensation is payable.
In between are negligent acts. They are not deliberate, but the injury is foreseeable. The negligent person will not be punished, however the injured party may seek financial compensation as a result. The compensation is paid by the individual who has caused the loss and could amount to millions of pounds!
In order to satisfy or discharge that duty of care you must behave as a reasonable person would but taking into account your specific skills, knowledge and experience.
Your neighbours are those people whom might be injured by your negligent acts and omissions. They will include anyone for whom you have accepted responsibility.
The duty of care requires you to consider the consequences of your acts and omissions and to ensure that those acts and/or omissions do not give rise to a foreseeable risk of injury to any other person. Clearly one is not expected to guarantee the safety of others, merely to act reasonably.
Will Being A Group Leader of A Club or Other Activity Affect My Ordinary Duty of Care?
It may do. As a group leader (or team captain) you have accepted the responsibility of leading others.
It should be noted that on any outing where a group leader has not been appointed the most experienced and or qualified person there ought reasonably to intervene and at least advise if a foreseeable risk of injury arises.
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