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Chandler v Cape plc
[2012] EWCA Civ 525; [2012] 1 WLR 3111
Key Principle
A parent company may owe a direct duty of care to employees of its subsidiary where it has superior knowledge of relevant health and safety risks and the subsidiary relies, or it is foreseeable the subsidiary would rely, on the parent's exercise of that knowledge.
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