ABC v Huntercombe (No 12) Ltd

Subject Matter

EMPLOYMENT — Transfer of undertaking — Effect of transfer — Claimant claiming damages for wrongs suffered while in-patient at first defendant’s hospital — Claimant alleging first defendant vicariously liable for torts committed by employees and liable for breaches of human rights — Hospital business subsequently transferred to second defendant — Whether liability for alleged torts and breaches of human rights transferred to second defendant — Whether liability in sufficient and direct connection with contracts of employment — Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246), reg 4(2)(a)

[2025] EWHC 1000 (KB); [2025] ICR 1336; [2025] IRLR 599; [2025] WLR(D) 234, KBD