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What is Vicarious Liability?
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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
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When these are met what happens?
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Second requirement ……………………………. Is usually what kind of relationship
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The usual test is the what test?
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1. Control Test
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2. Salmond Test
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Who came up with this test?
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What did he say that an employee is?
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Give an example of a case that highlights this
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However, when the situation is more complex what test may be used?
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1. Rose v Plenty Test
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2. Lister Test
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3. Multiple Test
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What does this test mean that the judge will do?
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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
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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
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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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4. Can contact his own customers
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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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Third requirement …………………………..
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1. There must be a connection between the tortfeasor and the act committed
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2. There must be a connection between the tortfeasors act and the relationship
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3. There must be a connection between the tortfeasors omission and his employee status
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To show that the tort was committed when T was doing their job there are two requirements what are they?
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According to what test?
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1. Lister Test
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2. Salmond Test
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Example case includes
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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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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
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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
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What did the courts decide in Lister?
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1. That T had completed an unauthorised act and D was not liable for such a tort
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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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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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When should you apply the Lister test?
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1. For other torts
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2. For criminal torts