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The Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (24 Oct 2006)

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According to the Daily Mail dated the 19th October, 2006 (page 29) the government 'Better Regulations Commission' has ridiculed the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (set-up in 1996). Set up as a knee-jerk reaction to the Lyme Bay canoeing disaster in ...

Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (18 Nov 2005)

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Joseph Lister, a 14 year old school boy died in an avoidable caving accident (he was left behind by his instructor and teacher) on the 15th November, 2005, whilst under the assured guidance of Bewerly Park Centre for Outdoor Education ...

AALA 2

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Judge Diane Cotton found that fundamental rules had been broken leading to the death of Gerry Hedley in 1990. In 1997, the judge found in favour of Mr Hedley's widow after her husband was killed having been left, tied to just ...

AALA

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The AALA Ridiculed... Set up as a knee-jerk reaction after four canoeists drowned in Lyme Bay (whilst under instruction in 1993 - the adventure center manager was imprisoned), the AALA, failed to act when (in December, 1998) just two years after ...