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Upon Further Review: Litigation Arising From Sports Contracts, Transactions, and Intellectual Property, and How to Prevent It Today (June 20, 2024) at 1:30 p.m. CT, Sarah Pack and I will be speaking at State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas on the topic referenced above. If you are available and in town, come check us out. #SportsLaw #DennieSportsLaw #DFWSportsLaw #TexasSportsLaw https://lnkd.in/g26BG8iE

What is in a business name? A short snippet from our Business Breakfast in London last year with guest speaker Angus Thirlwell, CEO of Hotel Chocolat https://lnkd.in/eePhgcU4 #businessname #branding #quality #business #flyhigherandfasterwithlesseffort

Is your business ready for ‘Martyn’s Law’?   You should be starting to get your Terror Security Planning together in readiness for when the law comes into effect - envisaged in 2024. The law will affect many hospitality-sector venues, from pubs to restaurants and hotels to nightclubs, as well as sports clubs and stadia, the tourism sector, theatres, cinemas, health centres, schools and a wide variety of events, whether festivals or county shows. Don't delay you could incur a heavy fine and/or imprisonment for non compliance.   #reesastley #insurancebroker #martynslaw #entertainmentindustry #hospitalityindustry #retailindustry #sportsindustry #healthindustry #educationindustry #leisureindustry

Latest episode of Conversations From The Neutral Ground!

Current view from the office in Tobago. This has been great for strategic planning and getting the creative juices going. A change of scenery does wonders for the mind. Highly suggested. #ChangeOfScenery #CreativeThinking #StrategicPlanning #Tobago #ExecutiveLeadership #CommercialRealEstate #Multifamily

Do you visit, work or live in or around Torquay town centre, run a business there, or use the pubs and bars? There's a chance to have your say on proposals to keep tight controls on venue licensing in two areas - Castle Circus at the top of Union Street, and The Strand around the harbour. As the licensing authority for Torbay, we want to know what you think about a new Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) for both areas. The Licensing Act 2003 gives us powers to publish a CIA when a concentration of licensed premises causes problems including crime, disorder and public nuisance. The zone makes it much more difficult for venues in that area to apply for a new licence, to extend their operating hours, or to increase the size or capacity of their premises. It must be reviewed every three years, and we are proposing to keep both areas in a new CIA for 2024 to 2027. Find out more on our website and let us know your views by filling in a short survey by October 5, 2023 - go to https://orlo.uk/LdC8O

I am happy to have been able to share my expert insights with Steve Adams as we discussed current market trends, exciting new partnership and more. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eEzua4iB

A useful piece, I’ll compare these results to other guides!

We are looking at falls on steps this week...starting with this fascinating case that could be titled Leeming JA v the Building Code of Australia (BCA) but is: Venues NSW v Kane [2023] NSWCA 192 The Court of Appeal overturned a District Court decision that awarded damages after a patron fell at a stadium without a handrail. shock, horror gasp... There's a great headnote in the judgment. So, we've done a longer summary as there is a lot in the judgment. Leeming JA & Simpson AJA differed in opinion on the legal analysis to decide whether a reasonable person in the stadium occupier's position would have installed a handrail. These revolved around the patron's choice not to use the handrail because they carried items or walked on the other side of the stairs. The reasoning of Simpson AJA makes the most sense to me. Our summary is in the comments. Here's the bit about the BCA: Leeming JA "[78] I return to the [BCA]. This Court heard no argument about the conclusion reached by the primary judge, preferring the opinion of Mr Cauduro over that of Dr Cooke, that handrails were mandated. I very much doubt that that is so. Mr Cauduro did not explain why, if that were so, handrails were not required along all stepped aisles, including those with seating on each side. To my mind, the detail of the provisions mentioned above, which addressed stepped aisles in venues such as the stadium in this case, requiring steps of equal height and treads as nearly as possible equal length and with prescribed dimensions as to the slope of the tiers and the distance between each tier, suggests that for the purposes of the [BCA], the aisle is not a “staircase”. But in the absence of submissions on this point, I do not express a concluded view. The reasoning above applies even if as the primary judge held the [BCA] mandated a handrail. [79] The [BCA] also mandates that the steps be of the same horizontal width to the extent possible. I have considered the impact of this upon the steps in the lower concourse. No submissions were made about this, and it is not necessary to express any firm conclusions. The fact that the steps were of uneven width made them more awkward to use. However, that very fact would have forced patrons to be more cautious. My tentative view is that nothing turns upon the uneven width of the steps. But in any event, the fact that the steps were of uneven width does not detract from any of the reasoning above on s 5B(1)(c)." #bricksandamortar #legoandlegal #safety #fallsprevention #torts #negligence #crowdsafety #stairway #safetyprofessionals