Author(s)
Lee
Collishaw
Philip Davy represents successful Appellant in the Supreme Court – Armes -v- Nottinghamshire County Council [2017] UKSC 60
The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in Armes -v- Nottinghamshire County Council [2017] UKSC 60 (also known as NA -v- Nottinghamshire County Council), an appeal dealing with ‘non-fault’ liability of a defendant (here, a local authority) for the intentional acts of a non-employee (here, a foster parent).
In a landmark decision, Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Kerr and Lord Clarke (Lord Hughes dissenting) have decided that it is fair, just and reasonable to extend the doctrine of vicarious liability, on the part of a local authority, to cover the acts – even deliberate and intentional acts – of foster parents towards a foster child, even in the absence of any fault on the local authority’s part.
Please click here for a commentary
Please click here for the Judgment.
Ropewalk Chambers has once again achieved recognition as a leading set in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500. We continue to demonstrate our position as market-leaders in multiple areas of law by ranking as a ‘Top Tier’ set in multiple areas. Our Personal Injury Group is ranked as a top tier set and is…
In Toure v Ken Wilkins Print [2024] IRLR 282 The Employment Appeal Tribunal considered an appeal by the claimant who had raised a grievance against his employer alleging that he had been racially abused. The grievance was not upheld, the employer concluding that the alleged incidents had not taken place. The employee appealed, but in…
The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on 14 March 2024, dismissing two conjoined appeals in cases of mesothelioma arising from asbestos exposure in the 1950s, Executors of the Estate of Thomas Albert White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (”White”) and Executrix of the Estate of Derek Barry Cuthbert v…
