“… contractor defence”. For the persistence of that “defence” Lord Faulks relied on the decision of the Supreme Court in Woodland v Swimming Teachers Association [2013] UKSC 66 [2014] AC 537. I address that case below.…”
“…It may be helpful briefly to address two other authorities to which we were taken. In Woodland v Swimming Teachers Association [2013] UKSC 66 [2014 AC 537, the claim in vicarious liability had been struck out, and the argument focussed on whether or not a non-delegable duty of care on the part of the…”
“…In Woodland Trust v Essex County Council [2013] UKSC 66, Lord Sumption set out at paragraph 2 of his judgment the dangers of ordering a preliminary issue on a single pleaded issue when much else remained in dispute.…”