An authority sending a young and inexperienced worker on a camping holiday with very limited provisions and no instruction, was partially responsible when she changed a gas canister near a lighted candle causing an explosion and fire and consequential injury. She might have known better, but the provision of candles implied that she was to use them.
Citations:
Times 12-Jul-1999
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Negligence
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.80669
