Read the full judgment text of FACC 1/2014 on BabelCite. This FACC judgment was delivered on 7 November 2014.
1. It is self-evident that undertaking certain activities in the proximity of electricity supply cables, be they overhead or underground, is inherently dangerous and poses risks of personal injury or death, damage to property and disruption of the electricity supply. In this case, employees of the respondent company hammered iron rods into the ground and, in doing so, damaged an underground 132kV electricity cable. The respondent was charged with breaching the Electricity Supply Lines (Protect
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