Posted By Lorraine Lee I have been asked a question of which I thought I knew the answer, but could anyone give me their opinion? An empoyee bought a sandwich from a mobile sandwich supplier. The supplier was on company premises when he sold this to the employee. He advised the employee to heat it up in the microwave, which he did. The employee subsequently became ill and has been off sick since. Question; Would we have a duty of care to the employee in the sense that we should have been responsible for vetting this supplier before he was let on to company premises to sell the food, even though there was no verbal/written contract between the supplier and the employer? Would we have been able to reasonably foresee this incident happening? Question; Would we have full or equal liability, if this resulted in a claim? Thanks Lorraine

Posted By Laurie On the other hand, if he's in your car park he is using your facilities,so perhaps you do have some responsibility. Since, presumably, this van sells regularly on your premises, he has tacit approval from the company, and it is therefore reasonable for employees to expect the company to bear some responsibility, unless you have have taken active steps to dissociate the company from the seller. However, like Heather I am not a lawyer, just the man on the Clapham omnibus Laurie