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Vicarious liability: how much responsibility must an employer bear?
A recent Court of Appeal decision highlights the increasingly far reaching liability of employers for the actions of their employees. Judgment in JGE v The Trustees of the Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust was handed down on 12 July 2012.
Dan Chapman
15.08.2012
Goldsmith v Patchcott and another [2012] EWCA Civ 183 – Liability when trying a new horse
Yesterday the Court of Appeal dismissed Kara Goldsmith’s appeal against the finding of Judge Christopher Walton sitting in Newcastle County Court last year that she had voluntarily assumed the risk of the injuries that she suffered when being thrown from a horse she was trying with a view to buy.
Polly Langford
28.02.2012