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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to reflect exemptions from the requirement to self-isolate for some close contacts of people with coronavirus, effective 16 August 2021.
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- Date:
- 14 October 2020
- Type:
- Law reports
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:
- Law reports
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:
- Law reports
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:
- Law reports
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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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on Dryden and others v Johnson Matthey plc, in which the Supreme Court considered if a health and safety breach resulting in asymptomatic injuries was actionable in a negligence claim.
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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
The law on criminal liability, covering inspectors, improvement notices, prohibition notices, corporate manslaughter, prosecution of an employer, and prosecution of an individual.
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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.
