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Title: Vicarious liability for independent contractors revisited: Sweeney v Boylan Nominees Pty Ltd
Author/Creator: Foster, Neil
Description: The High Court has again considered the question of possible vicarious liability for the acts of independent contractors. While it has maintained the authority of a well-established exception to the usual rule of no liability, it has rejected the idea of a general principle of liability. It is suggested that if there is to be vicarious liability only for employees and not contractors, then the notion of 'employee' may need to be revisited.
Relation: Torts Law Journal Vol. 14, Issue 3, p. 219-223
Relation: http://www.lexisnexis.com.au/aus/products/catalog/current_htm/TLJ.asp?productid=TLJ&jurisdiction=1&category=0&medium=&author=&title=torts+law+journal
Date: 2006
Publisher: LexisNexis / Butterworths
Keyword(s): independent contractors; vicarious liability; High Court of Australia; Sweeney v Boylan Nominees Pty Ltd
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26843
Identifier: ISSN:1038-5967
Language: eng

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