BXB v Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lord Burrows,Lord Reed,Lord Hodge,Lord Briggs,Lord Stephens |
| Judgment Date | 26 April 2023 |
| Neutral Citation | [2023] UKSC 15 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
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3 cases
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MXX v A Secondary School
...to rendering an employer vicariously liable for the torts of “true independent contractors” (para 29). 60 In BXB v Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses [2023] UKSC 15 (“ BXB”) Lord Burrows reviewed the authorities on the law of vicarious liability. At para 42 he stated......
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DJ v Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
...was paused pending the outcome of the appeal to the Supreme Court in Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15 and consequential further submissions by the parties in this case. I am grateful to both Counsel and those assisting them for their 6 I mainta......
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Reclaiming Motions By C & S Against Norman Shaw And Live Active Leisure
...commenced prior to the first defender’s employment. The circumstances of BXB v Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses [2023] 2 WLR 953, relied upon for the reclaimers, were very different. 6 Submissions Reclaimers [8] The law had recently been authoritatively restated in ......
3 firm's commentaries
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Dispute Resolution Round-up - August 2023
...without a trial. Click here for the judgment. Vicarious Liability - TRUSTEES OF THE BARRY CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES V BXB [2023] UKSC 15 In this decision, in a move away from the widening of principle of vicarious liability in recent cases and overturning the decision of both the ......
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BXB: Vicarious Liability, Sexual Abuse And The Canadian Perspective
...before the Supreme Court on three separate occasions. In the latest case, Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v BXB (2023) UKSC 15, handed down on 26th April 2023, their Lordships sought to clarity to the application of the law in the particular context of sexual abuse......
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Vicarious Liability ' Where Are We Now?
...liability will flood the Supreme Court's defences in the future remains to be seen. Footnotes 1. [2020] UKSC 12 2. [2020] UKSC 13 3. [2023] UKSC 15 4. [2023] EWCA Civ 996 5. This puts the decision of Globe J in A v Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and others [2015] EWHC 1722 (QB) in doub......