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- Date:
- 17 August 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
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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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include a reference to the Sentencing Council's consultation on draft guidelines for manslaughter sentencing.
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- Date:
- 30 December 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
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.
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- Date:
- 13 December 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
The High Court has held that an employer was not vicariously liable for a managing director's "brutal assault" of an employee during a drinking session after the employer's Christmas party.
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- Date:
- 5 May 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
In Cox v Ministry of Justice [2016] IRLR 370 SC, the Supreme Court held that the Ministry of Justice was vicariously liable for the negligent act of a prisoner while he was working in a prison kitchen.
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- Date:
- 3 March 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
The Supreme Court has held that an employer was vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who seriously assaulted a customer while at work.
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- Date:
- 3 March 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
The Supreme Court has held that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) was vicariously liable for the negligence of a prisoner who injured a member of staff while carrying out kitchen work.
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- Date:
- 17 March 2015
- Type:
- Law reports
The Court of Appeal has held that creating the risk of harm in the workplace was not sufficient to impose liability on the employer for the "frolicsome but reckless" conduct of an employee.
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- Date:
- 7 March 2014
- Type:
- Law reports
The Court of Appeal has held that the Ministry of Justice, which it found had a relationship with a prisoner assigned to do kitchen work "akin to employment", was vicariously liable for the negligence of the prisoner when he accidentally dropped a heavy sack of food on a member of staff's back.
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- Date:
- 26 February 2014
- Type:
- Law reports
The Court of Appeal agreed with a county court that the "close connection" test to determine whether or not an employer is vicariously liable for the assault committed by its employee on a customer requires some additional factor that goes beyond the mere fact that the employment provided the opportunity and setting for the assault to occur and the employee's duties included interaction with customers.
