Achas Burin of 12KBW examines Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB, a sexual abuse case, and the latest UK Supreme Court judgment on vicarious liability. In her article published in the Journal of European Tort Law, Achas Burin critiques the substantive judgment, the treatment of the facts and the language used.
She argues the judgment will make it harder for survivors of sexual abuse to demonstrate vicarious liability because of the difficulty of showing a naturally close connection between intentional torts and authorised employment activities.
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