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The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Jus­tice (CCJ) has out­lined the rea­sons for its de­ci­sion in a case in which a for­mer house­keep­er had been award­ed BDS$100,000 (One Bar­ba­dos dol­lar=US$0.50 cents) af­ter be­ing in­jured while work­ing at a ho­tel in Bar­ba­dos.

Ac­cord­ing to the CCJ, the ap­peal was against the find­ing of the High Court and Court of Ap­peal of neg­li­gence by Sandy lane Ho­tel Co Lim­it­ed for fail­ure to pro­vide a safe place and sys­tem of work. The CCJ up­held the rul­ings of the courts be­low that the ho­tel had breached its du­ty to pro­vide a safe work­place in the mat­ter in­volv­ing Mrs So­nia Chase née Ever­s­ley.

The CC, Bar­ba­dos high­est and fi­nal court, up­held the rul­ings of the courts be­low that the ho­tel had breached its du­ty to pro­vide a safe work­place.