Download This PaperVicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duty in Common Law Actions Based on Institutional Child Abuse
30 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2015
Date Written: March 20, 2015
Abstract
This paper provides a review of the current law applicable in NSW to civil actions by victims of child abuse at the hands of those working for institutions such as churches and child care homes, with particular attention to the common law mechanisms by which liability can be sheeted home to the organisations in charge of such institutions.
Keywords: Vicarious Liability, Non-Delegable Duty, Clergy Child Abuse, Law and Religion
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Foster, Neil James, Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duty in Common Law Actions Based on Institutional Child Abuse (March 20, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2583604 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2583604
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