The defendants denied liability, pleaded contributory negligence and appealed after the High Court's Ms Justice Bronagh O'Hanlon awarded a total €158,864 damages to Ms McHugh in late 2018. In the Court of Appeal judgment, Mr Justice McGovern said CCTV footage established Ms McHugh had incorrectly identified to her engineer the point at which she fell. Because Ms McHugh fell in the manner in which she did, it does not necessarily follow there was a trip hazard. The High Court judge was invited to fill in the evidential gaps in Ms McHugh's case and fell into error in doing so, he held. Because of the rejection of the High Court findings on liability, there was no need to address the claim the sum awarded was excessive, he added.

Source: Irish Examiner January 30, 2020 17:48 UTC