Mullen v Accenture Services Ltd

This case reaches a helpful decision for employers. It confirms that mental harm in an employee must be reasonably foreseeable in negligence claims, and that employers are entitled to assume that an employee can withstand the normal pressures of the job unless they know of a particular vulnerability. It also demonstrates that criticisms of management won’t necessarily prevent an employer successfully defending a “stress damages” claim. It’s also worth noting that pre-employment documents and appraisals were key in determining the employer’s lack of liability in the case.