In Sharp v Top Flight Scaffolding Ltd, the claimant was so badly injured in the accident that at trial he was a protected party represented by his brother as litigation friend.
Mr Sharp was a 43-year-old scaffolder employed by the defendant, who fell while attempting to climb down the outside of scaffolding that he himself had constructed because there was an absence of shorter ladders internal to the scaffolding, or a long external ladder. The latter was missing because it was impossible to manipulate such a ladder through the terraced property on which he was working.
