Vicarious liability: Planning an office party? Read this first.

St John’s Chambers (Chambers of Matthew White) | Personal Injury Law Journal | May 2020 #185
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 …

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Legal news: Employment update

Shoosmiths LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2019 #201
Gwynneth Tan and Antonia Blackwell round up the latest case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers ‘The school dismissed Mr Aplin on notice on the basis that his position was untenable. After an appeal during which he again did not have access to all the evidence on which the appeal panel had relied, …

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