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    A2 law: tort: Vicarious Liability Question 2-Fairness/Unfairness. Vicarious liability arises when one party is responsible for the tort of another. This situation occurs frequently when an employer is held responsible for the torts committed by an employee. An employer can only be held responsible for the torts of an employee‚ not for an independent contractor. There are also some rules that must be satisfied. First it must be proven that the tortfeaser is an employee. The act the tortfeaser

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    Case Study Vicarious Liability Introduction Under the English Common Law‚ Vicarious liability is a principle of the tort laws. The law imposes liability of employees and agents to their employers. Under this law‚ the liability of any tort committed by an employee that falls under the scope of his duties to the employer is transferred to the employer. This includes both the intentional and unintentional torts. The inclusion of the intentional torts came in to effect after the ruling in the case

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    IABILITY 1 A THEORY OF VICARIOU S LIABILITY J.W . N EYERS * This article proposes a theory of vicarious liability which attempts to explain the central features and limitations of the doctrine. The main premise of the article is that the common law should continue to impose vicarious liability because it can co-exist with the current tort law regime that imposes liability for fault. The author lays out the central features of the doctrine of vicarious liability and examines why the leading rationales

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    Seminar 7 Vicarious Liability The problem question deals mainly with the issue of Vicarious Liability and Negligence. In order to advise Jerry one would have to explore the rules of vicarious liability‚ relevant statute law and case law which may apply. Vicarious liability has been defined as the person who commits a wrong must be an employee and not an independent contractor‚ the employee must have committed a tort and the tort must have been in the course of employment. The doctrine of ‘vicarious

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    submitted to prof. manjula batra | LAW OF TORTS PROJECT | VICARIOUS LIABILITY | | | SUBMITTED BY:VAIBHAV PRATAP SINGHFIRST SEMEMSTER‚ 2012BA.‚ LL.B. (HONS.) | | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would take this opportunity to thank the people who helped me in making this project which has been a learning experience. In that endeavour‚ first and foremost I would express my gratitude toward my professor of Law of Torts Ms Manjula Batra. Her immense knowledge and teaching skills along with her helping disposition

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    1. Introduction “Vicarious” means‚ “in place of another”. Although we are generally only liable for our own wrongful actions in certain circumstances a person who is not at fault can be held liable for the delict of another. This usually occurs in partnership‚ agency‚ motor car accidents and employment‚ these are instances where there is a special relationship between the person held accountable and the person who committed the delict which provides allows for the former to incur the liabilty.

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    Vicarious Liability‚ what is it? Vicarious commitment insinuates a condition where a business is considered responsible for the exercises or rejections of their specialists. In a workplace situation‚ a business can be held at danger for the exhibitions or prohibitions of its employee’s‚ whether it can be shown that the offenses happened over the range of their occupation. A case when a business can be held vicariously at risk cases can join exhibits of tormenting behavior‚ bullying‚ mercilessness

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    Additionally‚ vicarious liability extends to individual partners as well‚ regardless of their individual culpability. The latter principle of spinoff liability is‚ naturally‚ highly detested among members of the partnership‚ in particular members of professional service firms. Intriguingly‚ the principle of vicarious liability has over time attracted different justifications‚ each with its own strengths and weaknesses. In the context of a partnership‚ two forms of vicarious liability are substantial:

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    Sovereign Immunity 1. Journey of the Doctrine 1.1Pre Constitutional Era 1.2 Post Independence and Constitution of India IX. Sovereign Functions & Non-Sovereign Function X. Critically Analysis of the case 1. Vicarious liability 2. Negligence 3. Violation of Right to Property 4. Misappropriation 5. Case Reference XI. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..…….. XII. Bibliography……………………………………………………………………..….……. Introduction “Law is the

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    Vicarious Liability Monday‚ January 12‚ 2015 10:00 PM Vicarious Liability is where one person is held liable for the torts of another. This is usually where an employer is liable for the torts of employee. For the employer to be liable: i) A tort‚ (such as negligence‚ battery or even in breach of statutory duty (Majrowski v Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Trust 2007)) ii) committed by his employee‚ iii) during the course of employment. • Original defendant (employee) must be liable in tort first Prepared

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