Ms Kennedy badly injured her wrist when she slipped on an ungritted path described as a sheet of ice under a layer of snow. Cordia had not carried out a risk assessment, nor had it provided her with suitable, protective equipment. The case against the company was successful in the Scottish Court of Session, but subsequently overturned by the Inner House, the senior part of the Court of Session, which takes appeals. The Supreme Court decision upheld the original decision that the company was to blame for the accident for failing to take adequate steps to provide for her health and safety at work.