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Matthew White looks at the risks for employers in light of the decision in Shelbourne v Cancer Research ‘For an employer to be vicariously liable for a wrong it will not suffice for a claimant merely to show some connection between the wrongdoer/wrong and work or the workplace, no matter how tenuous.’ In Shelbourne v …
Cases Referenced
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- Bellman v Northampton Recruitment [2016] EWHC 3104 (QB); [2018] EWCA Civ 2214
- Cox v Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 10
- Everett v Comojo (UK) Ltd (t/a Metropolitan) [2011] EWCA Civ 13
- Graham v Commercial Bodyworks [2015] EWCA Civ 47
- Ilkiw v Samuels [1963] 1 WLR 991
- Lister v Hesley Hall [2001] UKHL 22
- Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc [2016] UKSC 11
- Shelbourne v Cancer Research UK [2019] EWHC 842 (QB)
- Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society [2012] UKSC 56