Read the full judgment text of CACV 000247/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 1 May 1998.
1. This is an appeal from an assessment of damages made by Master Chung on 26th September 1997. The Appellant was injured in an accident which occurred on 10th December 1984 when he was aged 13. He was together with other lads playing in an area where a fireworks display had taken place the day before. One of the boys threw an unexploded firework to other boys and when it reached the Appellant he lit the fuse and it exploded. Injuries were caused to his right hand. It has been agreed by the part