Vicarious Liability

Question 1

What is Vicarious Liability?

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1. Is when D is responsible for the tort of another

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2. Is when D is responsible for his brother

Question 2

To establish vicarious what three requirements must be met?

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1. C must suffer injury due to the tort

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2. There must be a relationship between the person who commits the tort the tortfeaser T and D the claimant

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3. Must be a connection between tortious act/omission and the relationship

Question 3

When these are met what happens?

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1. D is liable for the tort even if D isn't at fault

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2. D isn't liable and T Is

Question 4

Second  requirement …………………………….              Is usually what kind of relationship

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2. Relationship between the employer and employee

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1. Relationship between the Claimant and defendant

Question 5

The usual test is the what test?

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1. Control Test

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2. Salmond Test

Question 6

Who came up with this test?

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2. Bramwell B in Yewens v Noakes 1880

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1. Mr Salmond

Question 7

What did he say that an employee is?

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2. Someone who can be told what to do and how to do it

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1. A person who can be commanded

Question 8

Give an example of a case that highlights this

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2. Hawley V Luminar Leisure 2006

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1. Hawley v Liverpool Leisure

Question 9

However, when the situation is more complex what test may be used?

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3. Multiple Test

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1. Rose v Plenty Test

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2. Lister Test

Question 10

What does this test mean that the judge will do?

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1. The judge will look at multiple factors to decide if T is an employee

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2. The judge will declare that if T knows more than his employer his employer is automatically liable

Question 11

In Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions and NI what factors showed the judge that T was not an employee.

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1. T owned the vehicle

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2. Maintained the vehicle

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3. Could hire another driver to do the work

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4. Was bringing in more customers than D

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5. Made up his own rules and orders

Question 12

Other very important factors that the judge will look at when deciding the multiple test are:

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1. Control- Is the employer in charge of the worker and the work being done?

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2. Personal Performance- The work is the sort that be delegated to another T is more likely to be an employee if so

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3. Mutuality of obligation- If both parties have obligations to each other e.g worker abiding by contract employer paying then he's more likely to be an employee

Question 13

Other factors the court may consider include:

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1. Is paid a regular salary or on commission

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2. Pays tax as an employee or as a self employed person

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3. Can delegate his work to another without permission

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5.Would be personally affected by his own management decisions

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6. Uses his own premises, equipment and helpers

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4. Can contact his own customers

Question 14

Third requirement …………………………..

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2. There must be a connection between the tortfeasors act and the relationship

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1. There must be a connection between the tortfeasor and the act committed

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3. There must be a connection between the tortfeasors omission and his employee status

Question 15

To show that the tort was committed when T was doing their job there are two requirements what are they?

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1. b) a wrongful and unauthorised mode of doing an act authorised by a master

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2. a) It is a wrongful act authorised by the master

Question 16

According to what test?

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2. Salmond Test

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1. Lister Test

Question 17

Example case includes

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2.Century insurance v Northern Ireland Road Transport Board

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1. Express and Echo Publications v Tanton

Question 18

In Various v Claimants CCWS the court found that in the cases where there is wrongdoing by employees a close connection exists if:

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2. D is in a position to use the employee to further business interests

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3. D has done so in a way that created or significantly enhanced the risk that victims would suffer the wrongdoing

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1. D abused T

Question 19

Why was D not Vicariously Liable in Lister v Hesley Hall according to the Salmond test?

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1. D was not vicariously liable when applying the Salmond test because T was committing an unauthorised act by abusing boys in his care

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2. T wasn't vicariously liable because he commit an authorised act by doing his job

Question 20

What is the lister test?

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1. Where the acts of the employee are very closely linked to his employment making it fair and just for the employer to be liable

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2. Where the employer doesn't become liable for an unauthorised act T commits

Question 21

What did the courts decide in Lister?

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2. It was decided that Torts had been committed on premises when T should have been caring for the children. A close enough connection established that D was vicariously liable

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1. That T had completed an unauthorised act and D was not liable for such a tort

Question 22

What did the courts find in Various Claimants v CCWS?  In Various v Claimants CCWS the court found that in the cases where there is wrongdoing by employees a close connection exists if:

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1. D is in a position to use the employee to further business interests

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2. . D has done so in a way that created or significantly enhanced the risk that victims would suffer the wrongdoing

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D abused T

Question 23

When should you apply the Lister test?

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2. For criminal torts

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1. For other torts

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