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Local authority not vicariously liable for a corporate sub-contractor to which it had successfully delegated the day-to-day care of a child

08/04/2021

The High Court has held that a local authority was not vicariously liable for abuse committed by an employee of a private children’s home run by an independent corporate sub-contractor. The court also held that the local authority did not have a non-delegable...

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