http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=1608Originally Posted by shaunaneto
The lawyer is Khamal Chauhan as far as I'm aware.
He works for Kennedy Law.
There is confusion as to whether he is engaged by the Insurers, UKA or the FRA as all have been credited with his services in correspondence.
Read the report on the link.
For Merseyrail think UKA/FRA
For Christopher MgGee think - Race Organiser
For Miss Varley - think Fell Runner who makes an error, perhaps caused by a misdirection by a marshall,or a miscount at a checkpoint.
Some will call it scaremongering.
But the safest standpoint for FRA and RO (and insurance) is 100% Volenti ie all the responsibility lies with the competitor.
That is not going to happen these days.
The next best position for the Insurance could quite easily be interpreted as defence of the insured ie the FRA/UKA.
So the RO may be "sacrificed" as collateral damage.
Harsh maybe. Exageration perhaps - but to make a point.
If the regulations were drawn up in the ROs interest, they would be drawn up differently than if they were drawn up in either the competitors or governing bodies interests.
It's about finding the right balance and the de facto NGB legal advisor is not the right person :-
1. because he has a conflict of interest.
2. because he is not expert in this area.
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