Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Neutral Citation | [2020] UKSC 12 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
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23 cases
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Isma Ali v Luton Borough Council
...issue falls to be determined by applying the law as declared by the Supreme Court in Various 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 out of a relationship ......
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TVZ v Manchester City Football Club Ltd
...[2018] AC 355, Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13 [2020] AC 973 and Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12 [2020] AC 989 (“ Morrison 2”). These, and other important authorities, were all recently considered by the Court of Appeal in 234 Cox and M......
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X Against Y And Others
...the pursuer’s averments did not set out a sufficient closeness of connection: Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc [2020] AC 989, Lord Reed at [23]. The mere fact that employment gave the person the opportunity to commit the wrongful act would not in and of itself suffice for im......
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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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2 firm's commentaries
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BXB: Vicarious Liability, Sexual Abuse And The Canadian Perspective
...clarity in future cases. Stage 2 Stage 2 was the main battleground for argument in BXB. In Various Claimants v Morrison Supermarkets (2020) AC 989, Supreme Court held that the correct modern formulation of the test at stage 2 was that: "the wrongful conduct must be so closely connected with......
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Vicarious Liability ' Where Are We Now?
...Whether the principles of vicarious 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 ......
1 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......