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Briefing note: Extension of the Principle of Vicarious Liability

On 16 March 2010, in Maga v Trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church [2010], the Court of Appeal held the Archdiocese was vicariously liable for the sexual abuse of a boy by one of its priests in the 1970s.

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Author: James Baker

Category: Business

Last updated: 2010-05-06 09:41:04

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