Law Bulletin - March 2009

Working at height Regs and arguing against author of own misfortune defence [Thompsons’ cases]

The claimant was on a scaffold tower deck. He wanted to go down a hatch that had a ladder but the ladder was flush to the hatch wall and began beneath the level of the deck.

Construction Regulations: work must be planned safely [Thompsons’ cases]

The council decided to demolish a pantry in a tenant’s bungalow. When our electrician arrived to disconnect electrics, the joiner had already destroyed two of the pantry walls.