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Anna Hider was 17 months old when she was found unconscious in her foster parents’ swimming pool in Hampshire during a family get-together on Sunday, 29 July 2007. The family, including Anna, had been...

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Two-year-old Ajay Shourie from Leicester was visiting his grandmother and his mother, Puja Shourie, at her home in Pedmore, Stourbridge, on Monday, 31 March 2014, when he was found unconscious in her ...

GUIDANCE

A basic guide to The Recreational Craft Regulations 2017. 

Who does it apply to? 

Anyone who manufactures, imports, distributes, or modifies a watercraft or parts of a watercraft: 

“watercraft” means any recreational craft or personal wa...

ARTICLE

A selection of leisure and related myths from the HSE myth-buster challenge panel and a 2014 analysis by the University of Exeter into lessons learnt. 

Gym ceases 24/7 opening hours due to health and safety reasons

A gym reduced its 24/...

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Seojin Kim was 7 years old when she and her family visited Talacre Beach Caravan and Leisure Park. The family had travelled from their home in Harborne, near Birmingham (Business Live, 2012). Seojin had...

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On Friday, 3 March 2017, Olly Kimber (26) attended Woodlands Caravan Park in Trimingham after a day at work (Bale, 2020). At around 14:00, he swam 30 lengths in quick succession before climbing out of t...

GUIDANCE

A lifeguard zone visibility test (LZVT) is a recognised method for assessing visibility in swimming pools. The method is recognised in HSG179:2018 (para 84-86, 90-91), and a supporting extract is hosted on the RLSS UK web pages (link). 

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On 24 August 1997, Daniel Cummings was 6 years old when he was on holiday with his mum at the Pentire Hotel in Newquay. That afternoon, Daniel and his mum used the hotel swimming pool and around 20 othe...

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Tan Li was a 19-year-old student who, on the afternoon of Tuesday, 3 July 2007, went swimming with three friends at the Southgate Leisure Centre in Enfield, where he later drowned. The leisure centre wa...

CASE SUMMARY

Factual circumstances

X v Kuoni Travel Ltd [2021] concerns the liability of tour operator, Kuoni Travel, for the deliberate act of an employee (R) of one of its suppliers (the hotel) against "X"; a package holiday guest staying at a ho...