Hollie Patterson of 12KBW identifies the practical takeaways for employment and personal injury practitioners of the effects of a TUPE … More
Category: Vicarious Liability
Still no vicarious liability for the torts of independent contractors – Burger v Risk Solutions & Wetherspoons [2026] EWCA Civ 804
Miles McCollum, second six pupil at 12KBW, analyses the latest Court of Appeal decision on independent contractors and vicarious liability. … More
BXB applied by Privy Council: Bethel v AG of The Bahamas [2026] UKPC 26
Daniel Millar, pupil barrister at 12KBW, analyses the successful vicarious liability claim for abuse, which applied BXB v Trustees of … More
No Crown liability for the torts of the judiciary: X v The Lord Advocate [2025] UKSC 44
Miles McCollum, pupil barrister at 12KBW, examines the latest Supreme Court judgment on vicarious liability – this time, the liability … More
Intentional inflictions of injury and civil claims for abuse
Recent media reports of abuse raise questions about the intentional infliction of injury in tort. In this blog post, Megan … More
Employment and personal injury case brought by trainee naval cadet struck out
Robert Oldham, pupil barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk, highlights the lessons for practitioners in Townsend v Corporation of Trinity … More
Non-delegable duties – Must there be blame for a claim?
Thea Wilson assesses the current state of play with non-delegable duties, it being some ten years since Woodland v Swimming Teachers Association [2013] UKSC 66.
From Vicarious Liability to Precarious Liability
In 2012 it was said by Lord Phillips that ‘the law of vicarious liability is on the move’ (Various claimants … More
Limitation in historic sex abuse claims: recent decisions on the exercise of section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980
A series of judgments have already been handed down this year that deal with limitation in historic sex abuse cases. … More
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