Strange claim case.

[aspenarb]

I stumbled on this the other day, it seems odd that the climber is trying to sue his employers customer and not the person employing him.

 

Chichester tree surgeon loses National Trust damages claim - Chichester Observer

 

 

Bob

[Steve Bullman]

It would be interesting to know what actually happened, as these 2 sentences conflict with each other:

 

 

'He had to be cut from his climbing rope and harness by the emergency services.

 

'The judge said it was unlikely that he had cut through a branch on which he was sitting, but it was possible that he had sliced through his rope with his chainsaw, that a rotten branch had given way or that he had inadvertanly detached himself from his anchor point.'

 

 

If he had to be cut from his climbing line that would imply that he was still attached to possibly his anchor point that failed and landed with him. Seems odd that they couldn't ascertain the cause.

 

 

Anyway no point speculating

[treequip]

One part is the judges transcript and the other is something the journo has reported, I wouldn't read too much into it.

[Johny Walker]

climber error ??

[kentjames]

Sounds like there was no case to bring to court to me, especially against the NT.

[aspenarb]

Sounds like there was no case to bring to court to me, especially against the NT.

 

Its odd, I wondered if the lad was an uninsured self employed climber that was not covered by his employer and this was a last ditched attempt at some compensation.. Its weird how they even gave it a hearing in the high court , stuff like this normally gets slung out before any hearings.

 

Bob

[Ty Korrigan]

Will not the HSE web site carry the full report or at least some details of the incident?

Ty

[kentjames]

Its odd, I wondered if the lad was an uninsured self employed climber that was not covered by his employer and this was a last ditched attempt at some compensation.. Its weird how they even gave it a hearing in the high court , stuff like this normally gets slung out before any hearings.

 

Bob

 

That thought crossed my mind too, if the company he was subbing to lacked employers liability insurance then its possible. Its a shame it happened but its the risk we all take as far as I see?

[Suffolk-Matt]

That thought crossed my mind too, if the company he was subbing to lacked employers liability insurance then its possible. Its a shame it happened but its the risk we all take as far as I see?

 

 

Could of been working for a good friend or even family member maybe?