e/Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd

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has gloss	eng: Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd [2001] is an English tort law case, creating a new precedent for finding where an employer is vicariously liable for the torts of their employees. Prior to this decision, it had been found that sexual abuse by employees of others could not be seen as in the course of their employment, precluding recovery from the employer. The majority of the House of Lords however overruled the Court of Appeal, and these earlier decisions, establishing that the "relative closeness" connecting the tort and the nature of an individual's employment established liability.
lexicalization	eng: Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd
instance of	c/English vicarious liability cases