The Weekly Law Reports
[2024] 1 WLR 2305
King’s Bench Division
*DJ v Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
[2023] EWHC 1815 (KB)
2023 March 14; May 20; July 18
Lambert J
Vicarious liability— Relationship akin to employment— Foster carer— Local authority placing child in care of aunt and uncle— Child bringing claim against local authority in respect of sexual abuse perpetrated by uncle— Whether local authority vicariously liable for tortious acts of uncle— Whether relationship between local authority and uncle akin to employment