Vicarious Liabilities

Despite a raft of authorities, the law of vicarious liability continues to confound. This talk will be delivered by Professor Dominic Regan, who has just assumed the role of general editor of Vicarious Liability at Halsbury’s Laws of England.

Topics covered in this webinar include:

• The rationale of vicarious liability
• Is an employer-employee relationship essential?
• The impact of Burger v Wetherspoons, the Court of Appeal decision this year that held the company not vicariously liable for an attack on a man outside one of its pubs by two bouncers, who worked for an independent contractor
• Potential defences
• Liability for criminal activity
• The prominent Supreme Court authorities