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Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc

[2020] UKSC 12
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK Supreme Court
Year2020
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

An employer is not vicariously liable for an employee's deliberate wrongdoing that is not sufficiently connected with the employment; the 'close connection' test requires consideration of the field of activities entrusted to the employee.

Area of Law

tort

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