sueing a company

[BowTies1]

if a person under the age of 18 is let into a pub (this pub is a club sort of thing you can buy membership and get in free other have to pay a one off fee) and starts attacking someone who is left with a broken ankle the club/pub had no doorman or no panic buttons the person has been caught (the underage drinker )

can the person who was attacked sue the pub ?

ps i am not talking about criminal injury compensation

[Describe]

I don't think you can sue the club. I'd sue the attacker if he/she was caught and if that was my prediciment (being attacked.) not many pubs have a bouncer anyway. It's really not the bars fault if someone who has a membership comes in fists flying. They didn't sell him the membership to do so, they sold him it to have a good time. So it'd be the attacker being sued and not the club/pub. Surely?

[Nemo]

I don't think you can sue the club. I'd sue the attacker if he/she was caught and if that was my prediciment (being attacked.) not many pubs have a bouncer anyway. It's really not the bars fault if someone who has a membership comes in fists flying. They didn't sell him the membership to do so, they sold him it to have a good time. So it'd be the attacker being sued and not the club/pub. Surely?

But, he was underage.

i think u can, but im not sure.

[Plux]

Yes you can.

[BowTies1]

I don't think you can sue the club. I'd sue the attacker if he/she was caught and if that was my prediciment (being attacked.) not many pubs have a bouncer anyway. It's really not the bars fault if someone who has a membership comes in fists flying. They didn't sell him the membership to do so, they sold him it to have a good time. So it'd be the attacker being sued and not the club/pub. Surely?

i think pub rules are differnt to club rules i think they need a doorman also the club is liable for the attack surely for letting in a underage drinker in the first place

edit: is there any websites that would tell me about this sort of thing

[Ramones]

The person who was attacked can't sue the pub for letting someone in underage, it's a completely different issue.
And i'm pretty sure there's no laws requiring a pub or club to have doormen.

[tdi]

most likely, no. it wasn't the pub's fault that the underage person attacked. someone can be 40 and still attack someone.

[Misawa]

No the pub could not be sued for letting the underage person drink, but they could be heavily fined and potentially lose their license to sell alcohol. Also, the person with the broken ankle could press charges against the attacker.

[DrLacero]

You are a child, you can not sue anyone. Especially a pub who was not at fault.

[Misawa]

Parents can sue on behalf of their child if under the age of 18.