Being charged by mooring company to get a boat safety certificate done by person of my choice 🫤

So long as your advice is up to date! Your insurance is there to cover you if you've got it wrong. So long as you understand its limitations. I'm not sure "we've never had a problem before" is great risk management.
Substitute- It has always worked successfully in the past because we followed the legal advice given, along with approval of our insurers. Risk management being in its proof of performance in the past.
 
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An unfair contract imho is defined as a restrictive activity that solely affects a single party and. It both parties. I don’t think having a term in an agreement that specifies a charge for using a supplier that is not an approved supplier is unfair. I could be wrong, any legal eagles here?
Benjenbav is too modest to point this out to you but he used to own a law firm.
 
All the pointless replies that you come up with, just show how arguments can arise & how contra points can be considered. That is why we do not intend to raise a can of worms & we stick with the legal advice of an expert & not that of some ill informed forumite sitting in their armchair at home looking for irrelevant .
loopholes. We are not into pointless box ticking & we certainly do not wish to open ourselves up to problems by going down that route. What we have has worked for years & we have countered several challenges in the past with success. So it cannot be that wrong.
You would certainly need to do a lot more than glance at an insurance certificate to be sure. And your advice may well be predicated on the need to have your own third party cover in place in case the third parties’ own cover is denied when push comes to shove.
 
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You would certainly need to do a lot more than glance at an insurance certificate to be sure. And your advice may well be predicated on the need to have your own third party cover in place in case the third parties’ own cover is denied when push comes to shove.
I may have the wrong end of the stick here but how liable is a marina for the actions of those working in it or indeed parking their vessel in it? Is the fact that they "approve" a contractor in some way inferring ultimate responsibility if their work or actions creates damage to another?

Asking for a friend.
 
I may have the wrong end of the stick here but how liable is a marina for the actions of those working in it or indeed parking their vessel in it? Is the fact that they "approve" a contractor in some way inferring ultimate responsibility if their work or actions creates damage to another?

Asking for a friend.
There isn’t a generic answer, I’m afraid. Lots of detail as to exactly who was doing what for whom and so on and so forth would be required.
 
You would certainly need to do a lot more than glance at an insurance certificate to be sure. And your advice may well be predicated on the need to have your own third party cover in place in case the third parties’ own cover is denied when push comes to shove.
It is a community policy for voluntary organisations such as ours. But we are also attached indirectly to the parish council, as they hold the contract with the crown comissioners
 
I didn’t ignore it. I don’t know exactly what the RYA advised before or advise now. It’s quite possible the RYA says they do not require you to make such checks. They of course have their own organisers insurance, which affiliated clubs and race officials are essentially buying into, so they have a safeguard if found liable. It may well be simply a balancing act between risk and practicality. I would be surprised if the RYA advice is that should actively avoid verifying insurance, albeit I can see they won’t want to get into being seen to advise on whether any exclusions etc do or do not apply.
On the race officers course and on club rules updates seminars, I've been told.to put a requirement for ÂŁ x million insurance in the NoR and SI and have competitors sign to say they accept the conditions thereof, but not to ask to see proof. We were told it's then down to the competitor to comply.
 
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