Bazley v Curry [1999] 2 SCR 534

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 …

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Injury At Work: Old vicarious liability rekindled

Nathaniel Caiden summarises a case that brings attention back to the employer-employee relationship in liability claims ‘The fundamental question in whether to impose liability is whether the “wrongful act is sufficiently related to conduct authorized by the employer to justify the imposition of vicarious liability”.’ Recent case law on imposing vicarious liability seems to have …

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