Vicarious liability & unprovoked attacks: J D Wetherspoon Plc v (1) Burger (2) Risk Solutions BG Ltd. [2025] EWHC 1259 (KB) – Exchange Chambers

Posted May 28th, 2025 in news by sally

‘On 5 August 2018 Mr Burger was restrained by two door supervisors outside a pub operated by Wetherspoons with such force that he suffered a dislocated hip, requiring emergency surgery and a three-night hospital stay. The door supervisors were employees of Risk Solutions who were engaged by JDW to provide door security at the pub on three nights of the week, pursuant to a Security Services Agreement.’

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Exchange Chambers, 23rd May 2025

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