well I'm being told all this by a guy from Cecil Sharp House, because it's the Cecil Sharp House bar that I was interested in hiring.

So, as CSH is run by the EFDSS, I would presume that he knows what their own insurance policy covers, and what is in place for the building.

It seems very weird that EFDSS would offer "Public Liability Insurance" as part of membership, yet not of a kind that would allow an EFDSS member to put on an event at EFDSS headquarters! So unlikely that a part of me wonders if they fully understand their own insurance policy...

(After all, the CSH barman would be there, and if PLI is as crucial as they suggest, I presume he has some kind of insurance - y'know, in case anyone chokes on the beer he's pulled. There'd also be whoever it is that mans the front desk by the doors - they'd also be a CSH member who would presumably be against, I dunno, letting too many people in)