Recruitment firm not liable after Xmas party assault leaves worker with brain damage

The High Court ruled last week that a recruitment company was not liable for an assault by a director, which left his victim unconscious and with brain damage after a Christmas party.
Wed, 7 Dec 2016

The High Court ruled last week that a recruitment company was not liable for an assault by a director, which left his victim unconscious and with brain damage after a Christmas party.

Northampton Recruitment’s Christmas party in 2011, which was arranged in a golf club, turned sour when director John Major later came to blows with a colleague in a...

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