Shelbourne v Cancer Research UK (2019)
The appellant (S) had been severely injured at a Christmas party organised by the defendants, her employer. While on the dancefloor, a visiting scientist had lifted her up without her consent and dropped her after he had lost his balance. She sued her employer and not the visiting scientist. S argued that the defendant should have done more to prevent the accident by putting measures in place such as getting the partygoers to sign a written declaration that they would not behave inappropriately, and risk-assessing a potential non-consensual lift-and-drop scenario.
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