When is an employer vicariously liable?

• Author:
• Mark Kaye

Where an employee commits a tort “in the course of his employment”, the employer is vicariously liable in respect of such acts.

In the recent High Court decision of N v. Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, a probationer police constable (known as ‘T’) who raped and indecently assaulted a young woman (known as ‘N’) was found to have been acting “on a frolic of his own” and not in the course of his employment. Accordingly, the Chief Constable ... (285 more words)

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