So, the meter reader turns up, in their uniform and brandishing the official badge and I let them in. In the course of their duties they take the opportunity to steal from me. While the courts seek to punish the meter reader, recompense for my loss would be paid out by the meter reader's employer, without any argument, as it is already clearly established in law that the employer is liable for their staff and their agents transgressions while representing the company.
How Morrisons thinks they can twist this age old law to not apply in this circumstance is beyond comprehension. And the idea that this case will create a precedent is similarly absurd. At best, it will confirm the guidance that has always been in place is applicable to intangible zeros and ones as much as it is to the physical world.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
