The Industrial Cases Reports
[2020] ICR 893
Supreme Court
Various Claimants
v
Barclays Bank plc
[2020] UKSC 13
2019 Nov 28;
2020 April 1
2020 April 1
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Lloyd-Jones JJSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond
Vicarious liability— Relationship akin to employment— Doctor with portfolio practice— Bank paying doctor to undertake pre-employment medical examinations of claimants— Doctor allegedly sexually assaulting claimants— Whether bank vicariously liable— Whether relationship between bank and doctor akin to employment— Whether sufficient that fair, just and reasonable to impose vicarious liability upon bank