nightclub negligence?

hollydays

He can claim from the criminal injuries compensation authority. cica,as sarah said. I think they are a charity,so the money would be alloted from them,not the attackers. There is a freephone number there too.


He will have been sent a leaflet by Victim Support,detailing the help they
can give.

http://www.victimsupport.org.uk/


Any doormen employed by a contract company have to be licensed by the sia.

I guess it would have been the Police,or council licensing authority who ,because of previous trouble had insisted on the cctv,if this is true.Try googling any press reports.

advent1122

simpywimpy wrote: »

we havent sued the attackers as being young lads, neither in employment or with assets, there didnt seem much point

Causing them some hassle would be "the point".

barvid

Samba_Pa_Ti wrote: »

i sympathise with you, ive seen some brutal things in my time on the doors, i have been attacked many times but have never even had the chance to take people to court or get any damages.

as was mentioned before its an occupational hazard, but for customers to get attacked by a bouncer is very rare imo especially unprovoked attacks.

out of interest what town did this happen in ?

This was in High Wycombe - the club is still there, but operating under a different name so probably a different owner. I still have the dent in my leg to prove it - I particularly enjoyed sending photographs of the bloody wound to all concerned!

redsclubbedup

i used to work as a doorman for a french nightclub - so the law may be different - but we had to ensure that we had a doorman / per set amount of people (500 capacity club - always had to have at least 3 doormen) maybe if you could prove that the club itself was short of their quota then you may have a case (if this even is a law in the UK) to be fair the industry is much better regulated here / doormen need licences - in france their is no such requirement, and we all carried pepper spray, as it is legal to use !). Again CCTV was not a legal requirement, but it was fitted to support the venue incase of attacks / assualts so that it could be shown to the police.

simpywimpy

We didnt sue the attackers, partly because we don't want to re-ignite the sitation now they have been in prison and secondly because one is on benefits, the other a student.

We are going to put in a claim to the criminal injuries but this doesnt take into account the impact on your future life