The Judge analysed the issue of non-delegable duty by reference to the principles affirmed by Lord Sumption in Woodland v. Swimming Teachers Association and others [2013] UKSC 66. (1) The claimant is ...

2022 established some consistency in the previously turbulent area of vicarious liability. The doctrine of vicarious liability had expanded greatly to cover not only employee relationships but also ...

Vicarious liability – the legal principle that makes an employer liable for its employees’ actions or omissions – has recently been in the news. Here's how it could affect your business. The Scottish ...

With the enactment of the Companies Act, 2013 ("CA 2013") in India, the duties of a director have been codified. The CA 2013 introduces terms such as, 'reasonable care', 'independent judgment' and ...

Two important Supreme Court judgments concerning vicarious liability were handed down last week. The two judgments are intended to be complementary; Mohamud addresses the relationship between the ...

Two judgments from the Supreme Court have set restrictions on the scope of vicarious liability. In Barclays Bank v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13 the test was whether the tortfeasor was in fact the ...

Learn how the borrowed servant rule affects liability in temporary employment situations. Understand key factors and examples of how this legal doctrine applies.

Vicarious and contributory liability are terms well-known to every tort lawyer and law student. They should also be familiar to business owners and managers. The legal theories of vicarious and ...