Vicarious Liability Cases

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Limpus V London General omnibus
Case Facts
Omnibus intentionally drove in front of another omnibus causing it to over turn. Bus company had forbidden drivers to act this way
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Limpus V London General omnibus
Legal Principle
When acting in the course of employment the employer is liable
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Century insurance V N. Ireland Road Transport Case Facts
A driver of a petrol delivery tank was delivering petrol to a garage . While delivering he threw away aa lighted match from a cigarette causing an explosion
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Century insurance V N. Ireland Road Transport Legal Principle
When acting in the course of employment the employer is liable
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Lister V Hesley Hall
Case Facts
A warden has sexually abused a number of boys . The sexual abuse was conducted in the context of his work within the school.
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Lister V Hesley Hall
Legal Principle
An employee acting for their personal benefit in the line of work for which he/she was employed allows employers to be vicariously liable.
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Mohamud V Morrison Supermarkets
Case Facts
An employee responded to Mohamud in an aggressive manor and demanded he left. As he left the employee assaulted him.
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Mohamud V Morrison Supermarkets
Legal Principle
An abuse of a position for which someone is employed does not disregard vicarious liability for the employer.
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Bellman V Northampton
Case Facts
A managing director of a company physically attacked another employee at a Christmas party for work and left him severely disabled.
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Bellman V Northampton
Legal Principle
An abuse of a position for which someone is employed does not disregard vicarious liability for the employer.
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Hilton V Thomas Burton
Case Facts
Workmen took an unauthorised break and left their place of work. On returning to work one of the employee's crashed a work van and killed someone.
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Hilton V Thomas Burton
Legal Principle
Unauthorised actions means there cannot be any liability towards the employers.
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Smith V Stages
Case Facts
Two workers were paid by their employer to do work at a power station at a remote site. C sat as a passenger while D drove. C became injured due to D's negligent driving.
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Smith V Stages
Legal Principle
Travelling between workplaces within the course of employment opens the gates to vicarious liability.
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WM Morrison Supermarkets V various claimants
Case Facts
A former Senior IT auditor downloaded the payroll data of 100,000 employees onto a personal USB. He later uploaded the data onto a file sharing website. This was a breach of the Data Protection Act.
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WM Morrison Supermarkets V various claimants
Legal Principle
An abuse of a position for which someone is employed does not disregard vicarious liability for the employer.
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Limpus V London General omnibus
Legal Principle

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When acting in the course of employment the employer is liable

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Century insurance V N. Ireland Road Transport Case Facts

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Lister V Hesley Hall
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