Case Report: Fletcher v Chancery Lane Supplies Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 1112

Vicarious liability; wrongful conduct; close connection test; lack of evidence ‘Specific evidence as to the circumstances of the wrongful conduct is needed to establish the close connection test.’ In Cox v Ministry of Justice [2016] and Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc [2016] the Supreme Court in effect relaxed the criteria for vicarious liability. The …
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Book Review: All together?

Jonathan Dingle assesses Employer’s Liability Claims (2016 edition) In a former professional life, when serving in the Royal Navy, the author quickly learned that Royal Marines were among the finest individuals into whose hands you could trust your life. A privilege to command and lead, they were the right people to have at your side …
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Vicarious Liability: A modern theory?

Tabitha Georghiou and Matthew Ramsey examine the impact of two cases on the existing tests to establish employers’ liability for acts committed by employees or other individuals ‘It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the courts have preferred to use relatively loose language to describe the test for vicarious liability so that they can …
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Vicarious Liability: Lessons from three recent cases

Rachel Farr considers when an employer is liable for the actions of its employees ‘An act might appear unconnected with an employee’s work but, taking the context and circumstances in which it occurred into account, it may be seen as incidental to, and within the scope of, employment.’ An employer is liable for the torts …
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Vicarious Liability: Is the connection close enough?

Jonathan Wheeler reviews the case law in the last 12 months A set of recent cases from 2012 have been concerned with establishing whether there is a relationship giving rise to vicarious liability on the part of the defendant at all. Vicarious liability is a doctrine of strict liability on the part of a defendant …
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Vicarious Liability: Overworked and under attack

Chris Gutteridge contemplates recent decisions of the Court of Appeal on an employer’s liability for injuries sustained by employees who are victims of violence while at work The trial judge was entitled to conclude that the failure to provide full-time guarding did not amount to a failure to take reasonable care for the safety of …
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