Surveyor ordered to pay costs as he loses €60k damages claim for slipping on wet work steps

Judge O’Connor said video evidence of the incident had shown Mr Barnwell had been carrying an umbrella, a mobile phone and a paper.

A still from CCTV footage of John Barnwell shown at the Circuit Civil Court. Picture: Collins Courts

An investment surveyor, who slipped on steps approaching offices where he worked in one of Dublin’s Georgian commercial blocks, has lost a €60,000 damages claim against two companies he sued and has been ordered to pay both their legal costs.

Judge John O’Connor in the Circuit Civil Court, when throwing out the personal injuries claim, told John Barnwell, of Roebuck Hill, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, that he had failed to show proof of negligence.