Enterprise Law: Negligence and Vicarious Liability

Enterprise Law
Student’s Name
2018

Enterprise Law 1
Contents
Issue.................................................................................................................................................2
Rules.............................................................................................................................................2
Application...................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................4
Question 2........................................................................................................................................4
Issue.............................................................................................................................................4
Rules.............................................................................................................................................4
Application...................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

Enterprise Law 2
Issue
The issue is to check that whether Meghan and Catherine can initiate an action under Negligence
factor of Tort Law and if yes then to whom they can sue.
Rules
Negligence is a significant term of Tort Law. This is a situation where a person owes a duty of
care in respect to other one and cause of his/her negligence the other person suffers from a
loss/damage (ACCC, 2018). The duty of care is a mandatory term to establish a case of
negligence. It is very general that people act negligently in many of the situations where they
need to behave like a reasonable person Breach of such duty is another important aspect of a case
of negligence (E-law Resouces, 2018).
The loss must be there and the same can be in form of Personal injury, economic loss, and
psychiatric injury. It was held in the case of Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital [1969] 1
QB 428 that loss must be a direct result of the negligent act of defendant in a case.
Vicarious Liability:-
This is another important aspect of Tort Law. This is a term that can apply in those cases where a
person commits a tort act while doing conduct on behalf of other. The term is closely connected
to the employee-employer relationship. According to the concept of vicarious liability an
employee while performing his job, act similar to an agent of his principal i.e. employer (Steele,
2017). The law of agency applies in such cases and accordingly an employer is liable for a Tort
committed by his/her employee. A claimant can sue the employer for a tort conduct of his/her
employee.