My client is the Manager of a computer maintenance company. One of his junior employees did not follow a maintenance instruction manual given, due to which the customer’s data got completely wiped out and he suffered huge losses. The customer wants to sue my client for breach of contract due to negligence of the employee, committed in the course of employment. Can my client argue that it is only the junior employee who is liable and not the employer himself? Support with recent UK case law if there is no Indian case law on the matter.
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