The transport, storage, use, and disposal of hazardous chemicals in the swimming pool environment can expose pool employees to a risk to their health and safety. This article looks at the available guidance around chemic...
Unrestricted access to a swimming pool can expose non-swimmers and other vulnerable persons to a risk to their health and safety. Swimming pool operators should restrict access to the swimming pool using a variety of met...
Underwater hockey, known as Octopush in the UK, is a game played with 12 players, 6 of whom can be in play at any one time. The sport is played in a 25 x 15 metre pool with water 2-4 metres deep. Players wear large fins,...
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Rocco Wright drowned at the David Lloyd Club in Leeds when he was three on 21 April 2018. The toddler was at the site with his sister and dad. The family were attending a swimming lesson in the indoor poo...
This guidance note discusses the standards for diving, jumping, and falling into the water. The standards are broadly applicable across all water settings.
What legislation must be considered when diving, jumping, o...
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The Claimant, ZH, was a 19-year-old man who was autistic and had epilepsy and a learning disability. He was 1.7 metres tall and weighed 93 kilograms. He could not communicate by speech. He brings this c...
This article is a series of short accounts of everyday lifesavers from the UK. The article includes excerpts of courage and professionalism by ordinary people rescuing and recovering their fellow citizens. From lifeguards...
The respondents booked an all-inclusive ten-day package holiday with the appellant at the Occidental Lanzarote Playa Hotel from 21 December to 31 December 2016. The claim made by the respondents was for food poisoning due...
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On 5 August 2006, in the early hours, Kylie Grimes, who was 18 years old, dived into a swimming pool at the home of the first defendant, David Hawkins, in Farnham, Surrey, and sustained a catastrophic spinal in...
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The claim involved a catastrophic incident on 13 November 1999 when Michael Clough, then 26 years old, fell 64 feet from a wall and broke his neck in the 'fountain' swimming pool at the Las Lomas Appart...
