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A Pause In The Expansion Of Vicarious Liability, Kee Yang Low, Siang Ping Lai
A Pause In The Expansion Of Vicarious Liability, Kee Yang Low, Siang Ping Lai
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The doctrine of vicarious liability has undergone dramatic development in recent times and has been extended to scenarios quite different from that of employer-employee. The question is: will vicarious liability be applied to a situation where the tortfeasor is an independent contractor? The UKSC supplied the answer in Barclays Bank v Various Claimants. This article considers the implications of this landmark decision.