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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 …
Cases Referenced
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- Cox v Ministry of Justice [2014] EWCA Civ 132; [2016] UKSC 10
- Deatons Pty Ltd v Flew [1949] 79 CLR 370
- Dubai Aluminium Co Ltd v Salaam [2002] UKHL 48; [2003] WTLR 163
- Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd [2001] UKHL 22
- Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets [2014] EWCA Civ 116; [2016] UKSC 11
- Petterson v Royal Oak Hotel Ltd [1948] NZLR 136
- The Catholic Child Welfare Society v Various Claimants [2010] EWCA Civ 1106; [2012] UKSC 56
- Warren v Henlys Ltd [1948] 2 All ER 935