A pause in the expansion of vicarious liability

• Main Authors: LOW, Kee Yang, LAI, Siang Ping
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Independent business; independent contractor; sexual assault; vicarious liability; Business Organizations Law; Sexuality and the Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4036; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5994/viewcontent/PauseExpVicariousLiability_2020_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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 su...