Tag Archives: email disclaimer
Email disclaimers and the law
Email Law
Please note the Law may have changed since the publication of article.
Q: What does the law stand in terms of responsibility for contents of email? If it goes out under a company name is it the company’s responsibility?
A: The doctrine of vicarious liability applies equally to emails as it does to other forms of [… read more]
Legal position of email disclaimers
Employers are responsible for the actions of their employees.
Please note the Law may have changed since the publication of article.
Norwich Union paid out £450,000 several years ago because of a libellous email sent by one of its employees. Defamation, unintended contract formation, misdirected emails all bring into focus the desirability of email disclaimers. The questions are what [… read more]