Course of employment

• Limpus v London General 


  instructed not to race but did anyways

  employer liable- still doing what they were employed to do
• Twine v Beans Express?

  unauthorised lifts, told not to and signs on car

  not liable- unauthorised act
• Beard V London omnibus


  drove bus only employed to collect fair

  not liable- not employed to do that job
• Lister v Hesley Hall?


  Criminal act, sexually assualted children at school

  liable- close connections on school property
• N v Merseyside police?


  police officer after work took home and assaulted

  not liable- no close connection
• Century Insurance v Northern Ireland?


  petrol driver, dropped cigarette

  liable- still doing job
• Haton v Thomas Burton?


  unauthorised break and went to cafe, accident

  not liable- frolic of their own and not cause of employment