Supermarket takes appeal to most senior legal eagles
Brit supermarket Morrisons is arguing in the Supreme Court that it shouldn't be held vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee who stole and leaked the company's payroll.
In a world where nobody's quite sure where data protection law ends and traditional civil law torts begin, the outcome of the case may well determine for years to come whether companies should be blamed and made to pay compensation if one of their employees breaks the law.
Morrisons is fighting off a lawsuit from around 5,000 current and former employees as it tries to overturn an earlier Court of Appeal ruling.
Arguing on Morrisons' behalf yesterday, Lord Pannick QC, the Supreme Court's favourite barrister*, said: "In relation ..
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