This article looks at vicarious liability- the responsibility imposed on an employer, although he is himself free from blame, for a tort committed by his employee in the course of his employment. The article deals with House of Lords' decision with the issue of vicarious liability of employers...
The issue of vicarious liability has certainly become a really hot topic here in the UK lately, but part of the explanation for that lies in the trickery and naked commercial self-interest of certain 'no win-no fee' law firms. It is they who have 'thrust the greatness' upon this topic...
Vicarious liability is a legal doctrine in which you can be held liable for the wrongful acts of third parties, such as your employees or agents. In California, if a court finds vicariously liable, you may be ordered to pay for the victim's medical bills
In cases of vicarious liability, one person is held liable for the criminal actions of another. Because vicarious liability crimes are a species of liability without fault, this transfer of criminal liability occurs regardless of whether either of the defendants were aware they were committing a ...
For there to be liability in respect of an agent, the relationship will be examined to see whether the wrongdoer is acting on the other's business or for his instructed purposes. However, there is not in the UK any concept of a family car that would, without more, make one spouse liabl...
Tests for vicarious liabilityTort lawA INTRODUCTION The recent escalation in sexual torts litigation in Canada has yielded two lines of legal authority of importance to religious and other not-for-profit organizations implicated when an employee or volunteer is found liable for the sexual or physical...
Due to the multiple appeals, a changing award amount, and the gray area of maritime law pertaining to a ship owner being responsible for the actions of an employee, this is a fairly complicated example of vicarious liability.3 How To Avoid Vicarious Liability ...
Accomplices and Vicarious and Corporate Liability; Attempts and Conspiracy; Living With Intractable Legal Problems (From Criminal Law and Approaches to the... Title: Accomplices and Vicarious and Corporate Liability; Attempts and Conspiracy; Living With Intractable Legal Problems (From Criminal Law and...
The article discusses the concept of vicarious liability in the area of competition law. It argues that this concept is to some extent embedded in the concept of the undertaking under competition law with the consequence that parent companies – under certain conditions – can be held liable for...
In a modern context, there was little intrinsic sense in, or justification for, the long-standing assumption that a finding of dual vicarious liability was not legally permissible. The Court of Appeal allowed in part the appeal of CAT Metalwork Services against a decision that it was solely ...