Overview
- A four-day trial that opened Monday is testing whether a WA Supreme Court injunction that limits music, hours and the use of weights at Fitness Cartel should remain in place.
- The injunction, granted before the hospital’s planned June opening, bans loud music and specific weights including medicine balls and kettlebells between 6:30am and 8pm.
- Perth Day Hospital says expert measurements showed weight drops exceeded noise guidance by about 5–15 decibels and that vibrations knocked office files and an electronic clock from their places.
- The gym disputes that evidence and will present attendance diaries and witness testimony to show customer numbers and business losses after the restrictions were imposed.
- The court’s decision will hinge on competing expert reports on noise and vibration, with implications for how noisy commercial uses and sensitive medical facilities can coexist in shared strata buildings.