The favoured approach is not to apply one single test but to use an ‘economic reality, composite’ test, sometimes referred to as the ‘multiple factors’ test. In Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions [1968] 2 QB 497, the court had to consider the status of X who drove a concrete mixer. X was responsible for hiring, insuring and running the lorry and was paid by the company on the basis of his mileage. The company exercised control over uniform and colours of the lorry, but, despite this, the court held the driver to be [...].
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an independent contractor
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The favoured approach is not to apply one single test but to use an ‘economic reality, composite’ test, sometimes referred to as the ‘multiple factors’ test. In Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions [1968] 2 QB 497, the court had to consider the status of X who drove a concrete mixer. X was responsible for hiring, insuring and running the lorry and was paid by the company on the basis of his mileage. The company exercised control over uniform and colours of the lorry, but, despite this, the court held the driver to be [...].
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#law #negligence #tort #vicarious-liability
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The favoured approach is not to apply one single test but to use an ‘economic reality, composite’ test, sometimes referred to as the ‘multiple factors’ test. In Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions [1968] 2 QB 497, the court had to consider the status of X who drove a concrete mixer. X was responsible for hiring, insuring and running the lorry and was paid by the company on the basis of his mileage. The company exercised control over uniform and colours of the lorry, but, despite this, the court held the driver to be [...].
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an independent contractor
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