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VICARIOUS LIABILITY AND SEXUAL ABUSE: THIS IS NOT A TEST OF INTUTION, BUT ONE THAT IS TIGHTLY CONTROLLED

January 10, 2022 · by gexall · in Members Content, Personal Injury

The judgment of Mr Justice Johnson in  TVZ & Ors v Manchester City Football Club [2022] EWHC 7 (QB) makes for difficult reading. The judge pays tribute to the remarkable men who brought the action, all of whom had been…

DIRECT AND VICARIOUS LIABILITY FOR SELF-EMPLOYED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WORKING WITHIN A PRACTICE: CLAIMANT SUCCESSFUL IN HER ARGUMENTS

DIRECT AND VICARIOUS LIABILITY FOR SELF-EMPLOYED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WORKING WITHIN A PRACTICE: CLAIMANT SUCCESSFUL IN HER ARGUMENTS

May 24, 2021 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Clinical Negligence, Limitation, Members Content

I am grateful to Heather Owen from the Dental Law Partnership  for sending me a copy of the decision of HHJ Harrison in Breakingbury -v- Croad (Cardiff County Court 19th April 2021), a copy of which is available here   …

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