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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The law on negligence claims by employees and others who are injured at work, insurance and criminal liability, covering vicarious liability, inspectors, enforcement notices, corporate manslaughter, prosecution of an employer, and prosecution of an individual.
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- Date:
- 25 January 2022
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
We highlight key cases due to be decided in 2022 and discuss their impact on HR. These include cases on: vicarious liability, holiday pay, agency workers, compulsory retirement ages, and coronavirus-related health and safety cases. We will also be reflecting on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge this year.
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- Date:
- 24 January 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Chell v Tarmac Cement and Lime Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that the employer was not negligent or vicariously liable when an employee's practical joke caused an injury to a contractor.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The law on general health and safety duties, including commercial consequences of health and safety breaches, employers' duties to employees, employers' duties to non-employees, and employees' duties.
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- Date:
- 14 October 2020
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Chell v Tarmac Cement and Lime Ltd, the High Court held that the employer was not negligent or vicariously liable when an employee's practical joke caused an injury to a contractor.
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- Date:
- 8 April 2020
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Barclays Bank plc v Various claimants, the Supreme Court held that the employer is not vicariously liable for an independent doctor's alleged sexual assaults on 126 job applicants and employees.
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- Date:
- 21 May 2019
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Shelbourne v Cancer Research UK, the High Court held that the employer was not vicariously liable for the employee's injury sustained during the staff Christmas party.
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- Date:
- 18 October 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that an employer was vicariously liable for a managing director's assault of an employee during a drinking session after the work Christmas party.
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- Date:
- 17 August 2017
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The High Court has held that an employer is vicariously liable for 126 alleged sexual assaults that took place during medical examinations carried out at the request of the employer.
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- Date:
- 30 December 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc [2016] IRLR 362 SC, the Supreme Court held that the employer was vicariously liable for a violent assault by one of its employees, ruling that the "close connection" test was satisfied.