Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2025
Abstract
The immunity against Crown liability was abolished in the United Kingdom in 1948 based on the Diceyan notion of rule of law and deemed equality under the law between public officials and private persons. This paper analyses government vicarious liability in respect of the acts and omissions of public officers under the Singapore Government Proceedings Act with reference to the concept of deemed equality. We will discuss the scope of the statute in light of recent common law developments in vicarious liability, statutory exceptions to government vicarious liability that may be justified by the functions of the government in the discharge of military and judicial duties, the case of police duties, and whether government vicarious liability should be exempted in cases involving the exercise of public duties and prosecutorial responsibilities.
Discipline
Administrative Law | Comparative and Foreign Law
Research Areas
Private Law
Publication
Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
First Page
1
Last Page
28
ISSN
0218-2173
Publisher
National University of Singapore
Citation
CHAN, Gary Kok Yew.
Government vicarious liability and the concept of deemed equality with private persons. (2025). Singapore Journal of Legal Studies. 1-28.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4680
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