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Al Law (The Law of Tort ) Quiz on Vicarious Liability , created by Doxa Vassilios on 04/08/2018.
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Question 1

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What is Vicarious Liability?
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  • 1. Is when D is responsible for the tort of another
  • 2. Is when D is responsible for his brother

Question 2

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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
  • 2. There must be a relationship between the person who commits the tort the tortfeaser T and D the claimant
  • 3. Must be a connection between tortious act/omission and the relationship

Question 3

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When these are met what happens?
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  • 1. D is liable for the tort even if D isn't at fault
  • 2. D isn't liable and T Is

Question 4

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Second requirement ……………………………. Is usually what kind of relationship
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  • 1. Relationship between the Claimant and defendant
  • 2. Relationship between the employer and employee

Question 5

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The usual test is the what test?
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  • 1. Control Test
  • 2. Salmond Test

Question 6

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Who came up with this test?
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  • 1. Mr Salmond
  • 2. Bramwell B in Yewens v Noakes 1880

Question 7

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What did he say that an employee is?
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  • 1. A person who can be commanded
  • 2. Someone who can be told what to do and how to do it

Question 8

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Give an example of a case that highlights this
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  • 1. Hawley v Liverpool Leisure
  • 2. Hawley V Luminar Leisure 2006

Question 9

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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
  • 2. Lister Test
  • 3. Multiple Test

Question 10

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

Question 11

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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
  • 2. Maintained the vehicle
  • 3. Could hire another driver to do the work
  • 4. Was bringing in more customers than D
  • 5. Made up his own rules and orders

Question 12

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

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Other factors the court may consider include:
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  • 1. Is paid a regular salary or on commission
  • 2. Pays tax as an employee or as a self employed person
  • 3. Can delegate his work to another without permission
  • 4. Can contact his own customers
  • 5.Would be personally affected by his own management decisions
  • 6. Uses his own premises, equipment and helpers

Question 14

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Third requirement …………………………..
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  • 1. There must be a connection between the tortfeasor and the act committed
  • 2. There must be a connection between the tortfeasors act and the relationship
  • 3. There must be a connection between the tortfeasors omission and his employee status

Question 15

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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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  • 1. b) a wrongful and unauthorised mode of doing an act authorised by a master
  • 2. a) It is a wrongful act authorised by the master

Question 16

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According to what test?
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  • 1. Lister Test
  • 2. Salmond Test

Question 17

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Example case includes
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  • 1. Express and Echo Publications v Tanton
  • 2.Century insurance v Northern Ireland Road Transport Board

Question 18

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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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  • 1. D abused T
  • 2. D is in a position to use the employee to further business interests
  • 3. D has done so in a way that created or significantly enhanced the risk that victims would suffer the wrongdoing

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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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
  • 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

Question 22

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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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  • 1. D is in a position to use the employee to further business interests
  • 2. . D has done so in a way that created or significantly enhanced the risk that victims would suffer the wrongdoing
  • D abused T

Question 23

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When should you apply the Lister test?
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  • 1. For other torts
  • 2. For criminal torts
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