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Vicarious liability 265 Finally, it should be noted that although the higher courts decide the basis on which employees should b ...

266 Chapter 9Nuisance, trespass, defamation and vicarious liability (ii) If an employee is authorised to do an act properly then ...

Vicarious liability 267 Liability for prohibited acts An employer who absolutely prohibits an employee from performing certain a ...

268 Chapter 9Nuisance, trespass, defamation and vicarious liability ‘employer’ of an independent contractor will not be liable u ...

Practice questions 269 n The rule in Rylands vFletcher imposes strict liability if a person brings a non-natural thing onto his ...

270 Chapter 9Nuisance, trespass, defamation and vicarious liability 3 John, a building labourer, is employed by a building compa ...

Task 9 271 might Jim have committed? (You should explain the essential requirements of these torts.) Will Jim’s employer be vica ...

Chapter 10 Companies (1): Characteristics and formation This is the first of two chapters which consider the law relating to com ...

The characteristics of companies 273 better regulation The ‘Think Small First’ approach and Ninety per cent of companies have fi ...

274 Chapter 10Companies (1): Characteristics and formation Salomon’s case is regarded as one of the most important in English la ...

The characteristics of companies 275 Although a company is regarded as a legal person, it does not have human characteristics. F ...

276 Chapter 10Companies (1): Characteristics and formation p. 319). Second, they can insist that the owners of the company perso ...

The characteristics of companies 277 The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 The Corporate Manslaughter and C ...

278 Chapter 10Companies (1): Characteristics and formation As we have already seen, the idea that the members of a company are n ...

Classification of companies 279 was founded on a personal relationship. It is only in a tiny number of cases that a court would ...

280 Chapter 10Companies (1): Characteristics and formation Unlimited companies Slightly under half of one per cent of registered ...

Formation of registered companies 281 Before the Companies Act 1980 a company could register itself as limited by shares and by ...

282 Chapter 10Companies (1): Characteristics and formation The 2006 Act has changed the process of registering a company. Compan ...

Formation of registered companies 283 (c) for each class of shares: (i) particulars of the rights attached to the shares, (ii) t ...

284 Chapter 10Companies (1): Characteristics and formation (c) whether it is a limited or unlimited company, and if it is limite ...