Health and Safety delegations in Germany
Under NZ (and Australian) law, employers can not delegate their health and safety responsibilities. They remain ultimately responsible for all… Read more »
Tag: liability
Delegations and unjustified dismissal despite drink drving
An interesting summary here on company delegations in Germany. It is of course much more complex than New Zealand, where… Read more »
Employer not always vicariously liable
Such vicarious liability only arises when there is a close connection between the duties of the employees, the offence or… Read more »
Offsetting bad advice with good advice
Here is an interesting argument: you provide advice to a client, which turns out to be false. Client makes loss. Client… Read more »
1. Free help can be very expensive. 2. And something about license fees
When you have a friend over to help you with some work, are you liable when your friend gets injured… Read more »
The week that was
This week brought two interesting cases I thought I share with you: 1. Steigrad and others v Bridgecorp and QBE Insurance – High… Read more »
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
This old legal principle was recently applied by the England and Wales Court of Appeal in Safeway Stores Ltd &… Read more »