Our lawyers view the broadening impact of registered fitness instructors and personal trainers in everyday Australian life as vitally important to the healthcare industry. Our team helps fitness professionals understand their roles and responsibilities in an increasingly litigious and regulated environment.
As a fitness professional, you risk being on the receiving end of a complaint by a dissatisfied client, through a compensation claim, or a complaint to a government authority, or Fitness Australia.
Our dedicated lawyers help you to mitigate any risks you face and provide legal and commercial advice to improve your business and protect your reputation as well as your financial position.
Key services
- Professional negligence claims
- Public liability claims
- Complaints and demands for compensation
- Acquisition and sale of businesses
- Negotiating premises leases and lease disputes
- Business restructures and advice on business and asset protection
- Franchises and similar arrangements
- Debt refinancing
- Establishing or exiting a partnership, including resolving partnership dispute
- Business succession planning and advice
- Workplace disputes and issues
- Regulatory issues relevant to fitness professionals
Related experience
- Acting for fitness professionals in their purchase of a pre-existing fitness business and associated leasing matters.
- Advising fitness operators on their terms and conditions of business and commercial disputes with clients.
- Preparation of membership agreements for gym operators including 24 hour gyms and swimming pools.
- Updating local authority terms and conditions of fitness membership (gym and pool).
- Preparing terms and conditions of business for personal trainers.
- Advising on terms and conditions for online fitness businesses.
