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Vicarious Liability - From: 1993 To: 1993
This page lists 3 cases, and was prepared on 02 April 2018.
Seaboard Offshore Ltd v Secretary of State Transport Gazette, 24 March 1993
24 Mar 1993
QBD
Health and Safety, Vicarious Liability
A company is not vicariously liable for the failure of the Captain of ship to comply with the section. The section was not framed so as to appear to give rise to criminal liability of an employer for acts of an employee in such circumstances. The owner did not have personal vicarious liability for everything done in operating the ship.
Merchant Shipping Act 1988 31
Oceangas (Gibraltar) Ltd v Pla (The Cavendish) Times, 24 May 1993; Gazette, 01 September 1993; Independent, 28 May 1993
24 May 1993
QBD
Negligence, Transport, Vicarious Liability
A harbour authority is not vicariously liable for a pilot's negligence. A pilot is an independent professional person, even though the port provides his services, and can insist on his employment.
Pilotage Act 1987
Racz v Home Office; HL 17-Dec-1993 - Times, 17 December 1993; Independent, 17 December 1993; [1994] 2 WLR 23; [1994] 1 All ER 97; [1994] 2 AC 45
