The defendant company had a contract with a local authority to collect their council tax debts. It sub-contracted the work to a registered bailiff, the alleged tortfeasor, who ran his own business and could pick and choose what work to do, had his own insurance and could work for other clients. Their relationship was not ‘akin to employment’
Held: Singh LJ stated that the development from employment to ‘something akin to employment’ had not undermined the conventional distinction between a contract of employment and a contract for services
Judges:
Underhill, Irwin, Singh LJJ
Citations:
[2018] EWCA Civ 1157, [2018] WLR(D) 309
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Barclays Bank Plc v Various Claimants SC 1-Apr-2020
The Bank had employed a doctor to provide medical assessments as necessary. The doctor had used the opportunities presented to assault sexually many patients. The court was now asked whether the Bank was vicariously liable for the acts of this . .
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Vicarious Liability
Updated: 07 August 2022; Ref: scu.616328