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Flashcards by Tells Bell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tells Bell
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Ferguson v Dawson Partners | employers only liable for acts of employees not indie contractors - tho 'labour only subcontractor' held as employee re treatment |
| Massey v Crown Life Insurance | detailed written contract |
| Collins v Hertfordshire CC | trad. control test - contract FOR v contract OF service/s - one case order task - other order task and manner |
| Cassidy v Ministry of Health | control test is not universally true - intention matters when contract made |
| Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions | nature of employment test - employment contract v service contract |
| Stevenson, Jordan and Harrison Ltd. v McDonald and Evans | 'integral part of business test' - if work is accessory to the business then indie contractor |
| Joel v Morison | employer only liable for torts committed in the course of employment - 'frolic of their own' |
| Authorised Acts | an employer will usually be liable for - wrongful acts authorised by him - wrongful modes of doing authorised acts |
| Limpus | racing bus drivers d liable despite prohibition on racing |
| Bayley | porter in course of employ injured passenger he believed on wrong train |
| Century Insurance v Northern Ireland Transport Board | petrol tank driver threw away a match, caused explosion |
| Rose v Plenty | milkman allowed kid assistant, injured by driving, against express instructions |
| Beard v London General Omnibus | bus conductor drove negligently - d NOT liable |
| Twine v Bean's Express | giving a lift was not in scope of employment - d not liable for fatal injuries hitchhiker sustained |
| Hilton v Thomas Burton | workmen drove for tea, after lunch in pub. van overturned - d not liable |
| Keppel Bus v Ahmad | passenger was assaulted by conductor - d not liable as conductor was insulting another passenger |
| ST v N Yorks CC | deputy head sexually assaulted a student on a trip - the council had messed up |
| Morris v Martin | fur coat nicked by cleaner employee - cleaners liable |
| Nahhas v Pier House Management | porter nicked stuff from a flat - employers liable for hiring thief |
| Vasey v Surrey | p attacked by doormen - d vicariously liable as in course of work |
| Lister v Hesley Hall | prior to this case sexual abuse could not be found vic. liab. - relative closeness of employment and tort |
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