Damaged equipment, who is liable?

riggers1982

We dont even know who dropped the drink, we were only told after it happened when the venue asked us for payment for the repairs.

Warwick_Hunt

martinsurrey wrote: »

if the DJ is asking and allowing drunk people to approach the booth to request songs (and we have ALL seen that), then it becomes the DJ who is negligent, regardless of what is written he is giving drunk people consent to approach his equipment while blind drunk, and as a sober professional he should know and accept the risks.

They shouldn't be on licensed premises then.

martinsurrey

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

They shouldn't be on licensed premises then.

and the bar staff/managemnet should be charged under the Licencing Act 2003, but we never see it happen.

Tigsteroonie

riggers1982 wrote: »

We dont even know who dropped the drink, we were only told after it happened when the venue asked us for payment for the repairs.

So if you've been told afterwards, how do you know (1) that it happened at your event and not the next event they were at; and (2) that it happened to a piece of equipment that was used at your event.

kingfisherblue

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

So if you've been told afterwards, how do you know (1) that it happened at your event and not the next event they were at; and (2) that it happened to a piece of equipment that was used at your event.

And (3) that it wasn't the DJ who spilled the drink?

lincroft1710

What actually was the damage that was done and to what part of the equipment? Also can the venue prove that the damage caused was by a member of your party and not by a negligent member of staff or a person from another party?

It is not unknown for less scrupulous organisations to claim for non-existent or exaggerated damages .

sheramber

What was the damage?

Did the equipment stop working during the function?

macman

You don't even have evidence that it was damaged.