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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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