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Court of Appeal confirms employers not directly or vicariously liable for personal injury from practical joke gone wrong

13/01/2022

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the employer is not liable for a practical joke carried out by one employee on another using non-work equipment and that was nothing to do with his work, even though it was at work, during work time. The practical joke was not...

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Portrait ofTim Riordan
Tim Riordan
Partner
Sheffield
Portrait ofGregor Woods
Gregor Woods
Partner
Sheffield
Portrait ofChris Wilson
Chris Wilson
Of Counsel
Sheffield