The recent House of Lords decision in Majrowski v Guy’s and St Thomas ’ NHS Trust confirms that the door is now firmly open to employees who wish to rely upon this “anti-stalking” legislation in bullying or stress at work cases.
Whilst the Lords’ judgment dealt with the English provisions of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, special mention was made of those Scottish provisions that dealt specifically with the issue of vicarious liability of employers. Green v Deutsche Bank also relied upon this Act in a claim for psychiatric injury as a result of stress at work.
This topic forms part of our lunchtime seminar programme this Autumn.
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(Information posted in September 2006 and may not have been updated at time of reading).