Vicarious Liability | AQA A-Level Law (7162)
Vicarious Liability
- 25 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Paper 2: Tort
- Paper 2
When one person answers for another's tort: employment status, the close connection test, and the policy reasons for imposing liability on an employer..
It covers what Vicarious Liability Is and employment Status and the Close Connection Test.
Sample questions from Vicarious Liability
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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What Vicarious Liability Is
Explain how vicarious liability achieves loss distribution across society.
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The cost of accidents is spread across society through the pricing of goods and services, as employers factor potential liability costs into their business operations. -
What Vicarious Liability Is
Under the economic reality test, what does ownership of tools indicate?
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Whether the worker provides their own equipment and tools (suggesting independent contractor status) or uses those provided by the employer (suggesting employee status). -
Employment Status and the Close Connection Test
Can an employer be vicariously liable for an employee's intentional or criminal wrongdoing?
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Yes, an employer may be vicariously liable even for intentional wrongdoing, including criminal acts, if there is a sufficiently close connection with the employment. -
Employment Status and the Close Connection Test
What is meant by a 'frolic of one's own' in vicarious liability?
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Conduct by an employee that is so far removed from their employment duties that the employer will not be vicariously liable for any resulting tort.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| What Vicarious Liability Is | Recall questions on the meaning of vicarious liability, why it is secondary, the first requirement and how it secures compensation. | 14 |
| Employment Status and the Close Connection Test | Recall questions on the economic reality factors, whether any is decisive, what the close connection test decides and liability for intentional wrongs. | 11 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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