EB v Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia

EB v Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: 7 December 2004 Judgment: 28 October 2005
Citations	2005 SCC 60
Docket No.	29890
Prior history	APPEAL from B.(E.) v. Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 2003 BCCA 289 (15 May 2003), setting aside B. (E.) v. Order of Oblates, 2001 BCSC 1783 (19 December 2001)
Ruling	Appeal dismissed
Court membership
Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Rosalie Abella, Louise Charron
Reasons given
Majority	Binnie J, joined by McLachlin CJ and Major, Bastarache, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish and Charron JJ
Dissent	Abella J

EB v Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia, [2005] 3 SCR 45; 2005 SCC 60 is a leading case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada on vicarious liability in employment law and on the application of Bazley v Curry. The Court held that a residential school could not be held liable for the sexual assaults committed by a support staff member because there was not enough connection between the employee's position and the risk of harm.

External links

• Full text of Supreme Court of Canada decision available at LexUM and CanLII