Vicarious liablity

• Vicarious liability


  Where an employer is held liable for the actions of an employee
• First stage of the legal test


  Was a tort committed
• The second stage of the legal test


  Is the person committing the tort an employee
• The third stage of the legal test 


  Did the tort take place when the employee was acting in the course of employment
• Control test


  if an employee is told what to do and how to do it then the control test is satisfied
• Integration test 


  an employee is a worker who is closely involved in the main business of an employer