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Vicarious Liability: Pushing the boundaries
Adam Ohringer considers the effects of the Supreme Court ruling in Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc ‘In Mohamud, it was argued in the Supreme Court that the test for vicarious liability needed to be recast to be both more expansive and simpler to apply.’The concept that an employer is vicariously liable for the wrongdoing …
Cases Referenced
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- Axon v Ministry of Defence [2016] EWHC 787 (QB)
- Bazley v Curry [1999] 2 SCR 534
- Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd [2016] EWHC 3104 (QB)
- Chief Constable of Lincolnshire v Stubbs [1999] ICR 547
- Hamilton v Kuoni Travel Ltd [2016] EWHC 3090 (QB)
- Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd [2001] UKHL 22
- Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets [2014] EWCA Civ 116; [2016] UKSC 11
- Sidhu v Aerospace Composite Technology Ltd [2000] EWCA Civ 183
- Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1971] UKHL 1