COUNCIL TRIPPED
Matt McDonald

A pedestrian tripped and fell on a concrete ramp leading to a footpath on which a small section of concrete had become detached from the ramp. The trial judge found that the detached piece of concrete had been placed over a hole in the ramp about two years earlier and had detached because of poor workmanship. The trial judge also accepted the pedestrian’s evidence that she had not noticed the defect before her fall, notwithstanding that she lived very close to the ramp and was very familiar with the footpath where she fell.