Assault and Battery in UK Law
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School found not vicariously liable for sexual assault by work experience student
... ... exchanging messages which continued until September 2014. In August ... 2014, PXM committed assault and battery against the claimant. He ... was later arrested and pleaded guilty to various counts of sexual ... activity with a child ... The claimant sought ... ...
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The Dangers Of Refusing ADR
... ... In that case, the claimants sought damages for assault, battery, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution from the defendant ... ...
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Exclusion of deliberate acts in insurance policies (UK)
A June 2021 UK Supreme Court judgment has highlighted the difficulties insurers may face when relying on a intentional or deliberate acts exclusion. A bouncer at a pub in Aberdeen, Scotland had app...... ... In a subsequent criminal trial, the jury convicted the bouncer of assault, with the trial judge accepting that the bouncers actions were badly ... by one person on the liberty of another), including assault and battery committed at the time of making the arrest. In light of the courts finding ... ...
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Employers needled by vaccine refusals, Part 1 – your rights and obligations (UK)
So a government-approved vaccination becomes available and you really want your employees to take it. Can you just insist, or does the development of the vaccine turn out to have been the easy bit?...... ... That would be an assault or battery by the employer. But can you insist as a matter of law, i.e ... ...
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Sports Law Update: TVZ V Manchester City Football Club [2022] EWHC 7 (QB) (Part 2 Of 2)
... ... court's analysis on quantum. Namely, the role of damages for ... assault/battery, and the approach to 'loss of chance' ... General Damages ... The ... ...
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Back to Life: Issues for UK employers as employees return to the workplace
At the time of writing, the Government has published its provisional roadmap out of lockdown and employers are beginning to consider when and how employees may return to the workplace. This article...... ... refuse to be tested, they cannot be forced as this would amount to assault and battery (unless the employee is compelled to self-administer the ... ...
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Back To Life: Issues For UK Employers As Employees Return To The Workplace
... ... would amount to assault and battery (unless the employee is ... compelled to self-administer the ... ...
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Jabs For Jobs ' Covid Vaccines And El/Pl Considerations
... ... assault and battery forcibly to vaccinate staff, vaccination could ... only be ... ...
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Sumption To Think About: A War About Illegality In The Supreme Court
... ... The Court of Appeal held that the claimant's claim for assault and battery failed both because the defendant was acting in self-defence ... ...
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Arbitration By Battle
... ... (a) Common assault contrary to section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. This requires ... creating a fear in another of immediate unlawful violence) and battery (force causing direct and immediate injury to another). They are ... ...
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