Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
7-2020
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Independent business, independent contractor, sexual assault, vicarious liability
Discipline
Business Organizations Law | Sexuality and the Law
Publication
Singapore Law Gazette
First Page
1
Last Page
5
ISSN
1019-942X
Publisher
LexisNexis Asia Pacific
Citation
LOW, Kee Yang and LAI, Siang Ping.
A pause in the expansion of vicarious liability. (2020). Singapore Law Gazette. 1-5.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4036
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
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