Alpine

By establishing an Alpine Industry Group, Hunt & Hunt acknowledges the importance of the alpine industry. Our lawyers have a thorough understanding and background of alpine issues both in the snow season and outside of the snow season and bring in-depth knowledge of the ski and snow sports industry and the summer uses of the Alps, which means we have an experienced, practical and efficient approach to our clients' business issues.

We currently perform legal work for developers, operators, ski lodges, alpine associations and the resort boards, and clients related to the alpine industries and our expertise includes:

site acquisition, financing & development
Crown Land and indigenous land rights issues
project construction & design contracts
creation of media, concession, merchandising, race & sponsorship contracts
environmental concerns, including wildlife issues
employment and severance agreements as well as employee benefit plans
occupational health & safety issues
coronial enquiries
risk management plans & risk assessments.
insurance litigation relating to all facets of alpine activities, including:

collisions - where skiers/snowboarders collide & one skier/ snowboarder sues the other (including ski racing);
lift operation and maintenance - where a skier/snowboarder is injured as a result of a faulty, defective, or improperly maintained lift
falls - where skiers/snowboarders, bushwalkers and campers who have an accident while on the mountain & the fault of the injury lies with an improperly designed, maintained, marked or groomed slope or trail
instructor injuries - where a skier/snowboarder, under the supervision of an instructor, is led into unmanageable terrain and injures himself, or when a skier/snowboarder, under the supervision of an instructor, injures a third party & that injury is a result of inadequate supervision/ instruction
equipment injuries - where injury is caused by a skier's equipment
premises liability – including trips & slips in or around buildings
general occupiers liability issues
snowmaking & snowmobile operation.

Our lawyers also attend and speak at alpine industry conferences and sponsor the Ski Snow Sports Industry Association Annual Conference each year.

For further information, contact Ashley Pelman.