High Court: December 2024
Precedent-setting cases on churches’ vicarious liability for their priests in child abuse cases and legal incapacity. By VINCENT BARRY.
vicarious liability
High Court narrows vicarious liability for institutional abuse
The Catholic Church last week successfully appealed against a 2023 decision by the Supreme Court of Victoria, that it was vicariously liable for the historical…
High Court denies vicarious urination
A recent High Court decision has brought a degree of common sense back to when an employer may be vicariously liable for the conduct of…