Tower Boot Co Ltd v Jones 11 December 1996 CA

Key case sets broad test

Date:

1 March 1997

In Tower Boot Co Ltd v Jones the Court of Appeal rules that in deciding whether an employer is legally liable for discriminatory acts committed by an employee "in the course of [his or her] employment", those words should be interpreted in the sense in which they are employed in everyday speech and not restrictively by reference to the principles laid down by case law for establishing an employer's vicarious liability for the torts committed by an employee.