So before we dive into the decision, Connie, it might be useful to have a quick summary of the facts.

Yes.

So Mr. Berger, in August 2018, was assaulted by two doormen, uh, door supervisors at a Wetherspoon's pub.

The doormen were employees of a company called Risk Solutions, who were engaged by Wetherspoon's to provide door security at the pub.

And the contract between, uh, Wetherspoon's and Risk Solutions was a commercial contract to provide services and made clear that the doormen were authorized to restrain customers to use reasonable force only where lawful.

It said that Risk Solutions would be responsible for the direction, management, and control of their employees and expressly agreed that Wetherspoon's was not responsible for that.

However, Wetherspoon's did have power to request r- uh, removal of a doorman in the event of a breach of agreement, but not a right to hire or fire them.

So I suppose it might be useful to explain the case law underpinning that position first.