Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 11:43:15 +0100

From: Robert Stevens

Subject: Fairchild II

Barker v SG is now out.

Employer held liable but only for the chance of avoiding the harm. It seems right to me, but I still cannot understand why it makes a difference that there is a 'single agent' (cf Wilsher). With that caveat, I think Lord Hoffmann has gone a long way towards clarifying the law.

Happy reading.

Robert Stevens
Barrister
University of Oxford

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