Legal and Finance Personnel
Legal services will generally be needed in areas of insurance, liability, risk management, contracts, permits and licences, and in handling disputes should they arise. Lawyers scrutinise bids for event contracts and legal issues of public liability, insurance, text copywriting, and contractual obligations with the various stakeholders. A participant by buying a concert ticket or entering a race, is entering into a contract with the event organisers. The participant has specific expectations as result. The organizer and participant also have certain obligations to one another, which should be clear. With an audience at a concert,the event organiser will maintain the right to take certain actions – from cancellation of the concert to the removal of disruptive audience members. At a physical sporting event, participant must sign a statement that they are fit to compete. The organiser must take action to limit the risk to the participant. Concerts may be cancelled or postponed, or participants may get injured or demand compensation. If a participant falls over an electrical cable at a concert and is injured, there could be disagreement should contracts and obligations not be clearly set out about where liability falls. There could be disagreement over this between the contractor who put the cable there, the venue provider and the organiser.