Daniels v Whetstone Entertainments Ltd [1962] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1, in which an employee (a ‘bouncer’) assaulted the plaintiff twice – once, during the course of a fracas inside his employer’s premises, and a second time, outside the night club. Whilst the employers were held liable for the first assault inside the club, they evaded liability for the second. [ resoning ]. (It was also a criminal act. The general rule is that criminal acts are normally outside the course of employment – see below.)
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This was seen as an act of personal revenge and was, therefore, outside the course of employment
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Daniels v Whetstone Entertainments Ltd [1962] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1, in which an employee (a ‘bouncer’) assaulted the plaintiff twice – once, during the course of a fracas inside his employer’s premises, and a second time, outside the night club. Whilst the employers were held liable for the first assault inside the club, they evaded liability for the second. [ resoning ]. (It was also a criminal act. The general rule is that criminal acts are normally outside the course of employment – see below.)
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#law #negligence #tort #vicarious-liability
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Daniels v Whetstone Entertainments Ltd [1962] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1, in which an employee (a ‘bouncer’) assaulted the plaintiff twice – once, during the course of a fracas inside his employer’s premises, and a second time, outside the night club. Whilst the employers were held liable for the first assault inside the club, they evaded liability for the second. [ resoning ]. (It was also a criminal act. The general rule is that criminal acts are normally outside the course of employment – see below.)
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This was seen as an act of personal revenge and was, therefore, outside the course of employment
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