Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Supreme Court |
| Neutral Citation | [2020] UKSC 12 |
| Year | 2020 |
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42 cases
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Isma Ali v Luton Borough Council
...or indeed information relating to them. I do not consider that this factor assists the Claimant. CONCLUSIONVarious Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc [2020] AC 989, and in particular the test reiterated by Lord Reed PSC at [25]: “… in a case concerned with vicarious liability arising ......
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Andrew Carr (A Protected Party, by His Litigation Friend Michelle Parsons) v Brands Transport Ltd
...employment, but that too has now been somewhat broadened. That is the subject matter of the Wm Morrison case [which was a parallel case: [2020] AC 989].” 348 At [7]–[8] she summarised the parties' cases as follows: “7. The parties' respective positions can be simply put. As Lord Bridge of H......
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R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
...WLR 519; [2017] ICR 434; [2017] 2 All ER 1001, SC(NI) Gilham v Ministry of Justice [2019] UKSC 44; [2019] 1 WLR 5905; [2019] ICR 1655; [2020] 1 All ER 1, JD v United Kingdom (Application Nos 32949/17 and 34614/17) [2020] HLR 5, ECtHR MOC v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] EWC......
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JXJ v The Province of Great Britain of the Institute of Brothers of the Christian Schools (“the de la Salle Brothers”)
...handed down on 1 April 2020: Various Claimants v Barclays Bank [2020] UKSC 13, [2020] 2 WLR 960 and William Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, [2020] ICR 874. In the Barclays case, at [1], Lady Hale (with whom the other members of the Court agreed) said this: “Two......
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5 firm's commentaries
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The Dekagram 2nd May 2023
...acting in the course of his employment or quasi-employment, Dubai Aluminium Co Ltd v Salaam [2002] UKHL 48, and WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12 followed. In order to be comprehensive, the test had to include situations where the stage one relationship was 'ak......
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Relief for Employers as Supreme Court Rules no Liability in Morrisons Data Breach Case
...PLC (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondents) [2020] UKSC 12, see paragraphs 2 – 8. [2] Ibid., paragraph 31. [3] Article 82(1), GDPRMorrisons”) could be held vicariously liable for the unauthorized actions of an employee who had deliberately leaked the personal data of thousands of Morr......
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Employment Flash - July 2020
...Spotlight The United Kingdom Confirming the Limits of Employer Vicarious Liability The UK Supreme Court ruled in WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12 that a large supermarket chain cannot be held vicariously liable for the wrongful acts of an employee who publishe......
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UKSC: Vicarious liability; within the scope of employment.
...liability was that of WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, available on the BAILIIWM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, available on the BAILII website. The press summary provides the factual background. The appellant operates a chain o......
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2 books & journal articles
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UNCERTAINTY IN PRIVATE LAW: RHETORICAL DEVICE OR SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL ARGUMENT?
...regarded as done by the employee while acting in the ordinary course of his employment. Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarketsplc [2020] AC 989, 1016 [25] (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lords Kerr and Lloyd-Jones JJSC and Baroness Hale agreeing) ('Various Claimants'). See also at 10......
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The Single-Answer Fallacy: Why ChatGPT's Legal Reasoning Falls Short of Judicial Practice
...(n 2). 13 ibid [34]–[35], [62]. 14 ibid [62]. 15 Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (n 6) [44]–[45]. 16 WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12; Kirsty Horsey and Erika Rackley, Tort Law (9th edn, OUP 2025) Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 22......
