1CL Webinar: Vicarious Liability – Hunting the Chimaera

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Published: 24/06/2021

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In this webinar, Edward Faulks QC speaks generally about vicarious liability. Jack Harding and Susanna Bennett then consider:

  • The latest case law on the ’first limb’ of the test for vicarious liability (‘akin to employment’) including SKX v Manchester City Council and Breakingbury v Croad.
  • Analysis of the Supreme Court decision in Various Claimants v Morrisons and whether it has led to a discernible shift in judicial attitude towards the ‘second limb’ (‘close connection’) of the test.

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Edward Faulks KC

Call 1973 | Silk 1996

Jack Harding

Call 2004

Susanna Bennett

Call 2017

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