Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Coggins and Griffith (Liverpool) Ltd
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
English law
House of Lords case |
| gptkbp:citation |
Various later UK employment law cases
[1947] AC 1 |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:date |
1947
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Coggins and Griffith (Liverpool) Ltd
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| gptkbp:involvedIn |
gptkb:Mersey_Docks_and_Harbour_Board
Coggins and Griffith (Liverpool) Ltd |
| gptkbp:judge |
gptkb:House_of_Lords
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| gptkbp:key |
The original employer is presumed to remain liable for the employee's torts unless there is clear evidence of a transfer of control.
Control over the employee is the key test for determining vicarious liability. |
| gptkbp:legalSubject |
gptkb:vicarious_liability
employment law |
| gptkbp:predecessor |
Hawley v Luminar Leisure Ltd
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| gptkbp:principle |
'Borrowed servant' doctrine
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Lord_Reid
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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