The Weekly Law Reports
[2026] 2 WLR 43
Supreme Court
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Lord Advocate
[2025] UKSC 44
2025 June 9; Dec 10
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Briggs, Lord Burrows, Lady Simler JJSC
Crown— Liability— Tort or delict— Sheriff allegedly assaulting and harassing legal practitioner— Whether Lord Advocate appropriate defender to vicarious liability claim against Crown— Whether Crown vicariously liable for all delicts of its “servants”— Whether sheriff’s relationship with Crown “akin to employment” for purposes of vicarious liability—
Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c 44), ss 2(1)(a), 40(2)(b)