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Sexual Abuse Claims: A new boundary for vicarious liability?
Lawrence Caun considers the implications after Barclays Bank was held liable for a GP’s historic sex abuse ‘In assessing whether it was fair, just and reasonable to impose liability on the bank, many judges may not have found it difficult to conclude that Dr Bates’ actions in undertaking the medical examinations were entirely in pursuit …
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- Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2017] UKSC 60
- Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd [2016] EWHC 3104 (QB)
- Cox v Ministry of Justice [2014] EWCA Civ 132; [2016] UKSC 10
- Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd [2001] UKHL 22
- Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets [2014] EWCA Civ 116; [2016] UKSC 11
- The Catholic Child Welfare Society v Various Claimants [2012] UKSC 56
- Various Claimants v Barclays Bank plc [2017] EWHC 1929 (QB)
- Viasystems (Tyneside) Ltd v Thermal Transfer (Northern) Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 1151
- Woodland v Essex County Council [2013] UKSC 66