A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Western Australia demonstrates the care needed in determining liability in slip and trip cases.

In Transfield Services (Australia) Pty Ltd v- Wieland [2014] WASCA 41, Wieland worked for Transfield as a senior chef in a kitchen at the naval base at Garden Island, Western Australia. On the day in question, he was returning to the galley after visiting the toilet and slipped on the top step of four steps leading back to the galley. It was subsequently found as a matter of fact that the rubber strip on the top step was beginning to come loose.

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