United Kingdom vicarious liabilityemployment relationshipindependent contractor

Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants

[2020] UKSC 13

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtUnited Kingdom Supreme Court

Year2020

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The test for vicarious liability is whether the tortfeasor is in a relationship akin to employment; an independent contractor carrying on their own business will generally not give rise to vicarious liability.

Area of Law

employment

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