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EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY AND THE PRACTICAL JOKER: THE "LOWEST FORM OF HUMOUR" DOES NOT LEAD TO VICARIOUS LIABILITY

EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY AND THE PRACTICAL JOKER: THE “LOWEST FORM OF HUMOUR” DOES NOT LEAD TO VICARIOUS LIABILITY

October 5, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Members Content, Personal Injury

In Chell v Tarmac Cement And Lime Ltd [2020] EWHC 2613 (QB) Mr Justice Martin Spencer upheld a decision that an employer was not vicariously liable for a practical joke in the workplace. “The practical joke must be the lowest…

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