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Architects’ duties to inspect the works

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 24 2007

In the following case, the judge observed that the architect’s inspection role has been the subject of surprisingly few cases

Supervisor’s OHSA violation grounds criminal negligence charge

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 12 2013

A supervisor's violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act can ground a criminal negligence charge against him, an Ontario preliminary

The importance of accuracy in letters of discipline

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 18 2011

Letters of discipline are a form of penalty that can be used by an employer such as a school board, to reprimand employees for unacceptable conduct or breach of professional standards

Engineer fined $10,000 for negligence in bridge collapse

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 4 2011

An Ontario engineer has been found guilty of negligently designing falsework (supports intended to provide stability while the concrete is forming) for a bridge that collapsed

Liability round up

  • Thirty Nine Essex Street
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 14 2012

Vicarious liability revisited JGE v Trustees of Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust is an important case in which the Court of Appeal, by a majority of 2 to 1, upheld the decision of the judge at first instance15 on a preliminary issue in finding that the Appellant could be vicariously liable for the alleged torts of one of its parish priests

Sokunbi v Health Professions Council 2013 EWHC 672

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 4 2013

The High Court upholds findings of Conduct and Competence Committee Panel of the HCP (now HCPC), holding that even where decisions are made almost

Fairness in disciplinary proceedings 2 recent cases on Article 6 ECHR

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 26 2011

In this e-bulletin we report on two recent decisions which shed light on the application of the Article 6 right to a fair hearing in regulatory proceedings

Employee may pursue negligent misrepresentation claim against employer’s attorney, based on opinions offered on plaintiff’s potential claims

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 6 2007

In Spagnola v. Morristown, et al, 2006 WL 3533726 (DNJ Dec 12, 2006), the US District Court for the District of New Jersey held that an employee could pursue a negligent misrepresentation claim against her employer’s attorney

Texas Supreme Court allows coverage of punitive damages for gross negligence in workers' compensation case

  • Locke Lord LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 13 2008

On February 15, 2008, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Fairfield Insurance Co. v. Stephens Martin Paving, LP, No. 04-0728, 2008 WL 400397, in which it held, in a workers’ compensation setting, that Texas public policy did not prohibit insurance coverage for “exemplary” damages resulting from an employer’s gross negligence

Professional service firms are on the hook for employees’ acts performed “within the scope of their employment”

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2007

A professional service firm’s liability for its partner’s acts hinges on a key question: was the partner acting within the scope of her employment?

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