The widening of vicarious liability: implications for employers

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the concept of vicarious liability has developed in recent years.

This work analyses case law decisions pertaining to vicarious liability.

The paper examines how court decisions have acted to widen considerably the application of vicarious liability in a business context.

Further research could usefully speculate on the direction the law might take in the future.

The paper reveals how vicarious liability applies in a business context and provides some pertinent learning outcomes for employers from case law development.

The analysis presented in this paper explains how an important legal concept applies in a contemporary business context.