an employer has no general duty to protect his employee from economic loss caused by a third party for whom the employer is not responsible and specifically owes no duty of care in contract or tort to advise his employee to obtain personal accident insurance against special risks arising out of his posting overseas.

For relevant general notes see Implied terms in employment contracts/duties of employer and Employers' liability Insurance .

Editor's note:-

This case preceded the House of Lords' decision in Scally v Southern Health & Social Services Board HL 1991 ICR 771. The extent to which it is still good law must therefore be questionable - although this case was cited in Scally, it was not overruled or indeed commented on.