Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000062/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 April 1985.
1. This is an appeal by way of case stated from a Magistrate's court under the provisions of Section 105 of the Magistrates Ordinance. The respondent had been acquitted in the Magistrate's court in respect of an information alleging a breach of the duty of "the contractor responsible" for a construction site under Regulation 49(1) of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The hearing before the Magistrate took place at Western Magistrate's court on the 10th, 11th and 12th October 1983 and