A court has dismissed a claim by Victoria local council, Gozo, that it was not liable for an electricity bill for fairy lights installed on trees in its main square.
The council had sued Arms Ltd to insist it was not responsible for the electricity meter the lights were connected to. To back its argument, the council secretary said the lights used to come on with the street lighting.
Arms Ltd countered that the meter had been installed at the council’s request and a bill was actually paid several years ago.
The court heard how Arms Ltd had billed the council for €13,663 for electricity consumption and meter rental.
The council sued the company and argued it had no connection with the meter at issue or the fairy lights which it supplied.
But in its reply, Arms Ltd said the meter connection had been requested by the council secretary herself.
In its considerations, the court observed that the first words uttered by the council secretary in her testimony were that the lights “were installed by the council…”
Documents presented by the council secretary also showed a call for tender issued by the council for the installation of fairy lights in Independence Square, Victoria, Gozo,…
