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Employer not vicariously liable for mass data breach by rogue employee, Supreme Court rules

07/04/2020

In WM Morrisons Supermarket PLC v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, the Supreme Court has overturned the Court of Appeal decision that an employer can be vicariously liable to multiple claimants for a mass data breach committed by a rogue employee, reversing the...

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Portrait ofTim Riordan
Tim Riordan
Partner
Sheffield
Portrait ofChris Wilson
Chris Wilson
Of Counsel
Sheffield