Vicarious Liabiltity

Question 1

Lister v Hesley Hall

Answer 1

Employer can be held liable for crimes

Question 2

Twine v Beans Express

Answer 2

Giving unauthorised lifts means you are acting outside of course of employment

Question 3

Rose v plenty

Answer 3

Can be liable for tort if you benefit from tort

Question 4

Century insurance V Northern Ireland transport board

Answer 4

Employee does an authorised act in a purely careless manner

Question 5

Limpus V London general omnibus

Answer 5

The employee does an authorised act in an unauthorised way

Question 6

Poland V parr

Answer 6

Employee is carrying out expressly/impliedly authorised acts

Question 7

Cox V ministry of justice

Answer 7

There doesn’t always have to be an employee/employer relationship as long as it’s similar to one

Question 8

Ready mixed concrete V minister of pensions

Answer 8

Laid out 3 conditions in economic reality test 1) the employee provides work in return for a wage. 2) employee accepts that the work is subject to the control of the employer. 3) other terms in the contract are consistent with it being a contract of service.