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VICARIOUS LIABILITY REVERSED FOR MORRISONS

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by ALLNET LAW

Morrisons ‘not liable’ for actions of rogue employee over data leak. The Supreme Court’s ruling has widespread implications for data protection controllers across the country.

 

The Supreme Court’s ruling puts employers in a better stance where they may otherwise be held vicariously liable for the acts of rogue employees to deliberately harm the employer.


Judgment date

1 Apr 2020

Neutral citation number

[2020] UKSC 12

Case ID

UKSC 2018/0213

Justices

Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Kerr, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2018-0213.html