Negligence of Employer in UK Law

  • M'Alister or Donoghue (Pauper) v Stevenson
    • House of Lords
    • 26 May 1932
    ... ... rests solely on the ground of a tort based not on fraud but on negligence; and ... 7 (2) that throughout the appeal the case has been argued on ... injured by a wheel coming off a van which he was driving for his employer and which it was the duty of the defendant under contract with such ... ...
  • Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 20 June 2002
    ... ... During his working life the late Mr Fairchild worked for an employer (whose successor was wrongly identified as the first-named defendant) who ... 8 In a personal injury action based on negligence or breach of statutory duty the claimant seeks to establish a breach by ... ...
  • Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman
    • House of Lords
    • 08 February 1990
    ... ... of duty situations, all falling within the ambit of the tort of negligence, but sufficiently distinct to require separate definition of the essential ... They owe the duty, of course, to their employer or client; and also I think to any third person to whom they themselves ... ...
  • Spring (A.P.) v Guardian Assurance Plc and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 07 July 1994
    ... ... with which that person is seeking employment is liable in negligence to the subject of the reference if it has been compiled without reasonable ... , he says that the existence of a duty of care might inhibit an employer from giving a reference freely and frankly. But it is always open to an ... ...
  • White and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 03 December 1998
    ... ... not whether the injury suffered as a result of the defendant's negligence was physical injury or psychiatric injury and liability would be ... him to the police officers which was analogous to that owed by an employer to his employees. He recognised that there were cases in which an employee ... ...
  • Barber v Somerset County Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 February 2002
    ... ... In each case a circuit judge awarded damages for negligence against the claimants' employers after the claimant had had to stop ... which a court may find that it was reasonably foreseeable to an employer that his employee might suffer psychiatric illness through stress at work ... ...
  • Staveley Iron and Chemical Company Ltd v Jones
    • House of Lords
    • 31 January 1956
    ... ... (2) If so, was the Respondent guilty of contributory negligence? ... 3 I have had the advantage of reading in print ... the employer) "acts by his servant; and his servant's acts are for this purpose to be ... ...
  • Majrowski v Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust
    • House of Lords
    • 12 July 2006
    ... ... The question raised by this appeal is whether an employer is vicariously liable for harassment committed by an employee in the ... Nor did he make any claim against the Trust for negligence or breach of his contract of employment. His claim was based exclusively ... ...
  • Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company v English
    • House of Lords
    • 19 July 1937
    ... ... They pleaded contributory negligence on the Respondent's part. They also stated that the Respondent was in ... and that against such want of care his employer cannot by possibility protect him. If such want of care should occur, and ... ...
  • Ilkiw v Samuels
    • Court of Appeal
    • 23 May 1963
    ... ... learned Judge came to the conclusion that Waines was guilty of negligence. He said: "I have no doubt that in allowing Samuels to do so" - that is, ... in a way which was directly contrary to the instructions of his employer. Moreover, I am satisfied that he gave his permission and remained on the ... ...
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