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Supreme Court Review of Non Delegable Duty of Care for Local Authorities’ Liability

Supreme Court Review of Non Delegable Duty of Care for Local Authorities’ Liability

Many believe that the case of Woodland v Essex County Council [2013] UKSC 66 is a landmark decision, one which opens a can of worms for public bodies that want to outsource their services to third party providers. Is that really the case or is this a judgment that is no more than an incremental development of the common law, from which no additional burdens arise?

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