Read the full judgment text of HCPI 000648/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 3 February 2000.
2. The circumstances of the accident are not controversial. On 21st August 1992, the plaintiff was employed as a fire installation technician. At about 2:30 p.m. that day, he and a colleague were standing on a platform erected on a staircase landing and each was using a pair of chain pliers to fix a fire duct on the ceiling above the landing. The chain pliers were like a wrench but the gripping action is produced by wrapping a chain from the pliers around the duct with the loose end of the chain
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