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70 documents for vicarious liability definition

- E.B. v. Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 45, 2005 SCC 60, 2005 SCC 60 (2005)
...Torts - Vicarious liability - Intentional torts - Sexual abuse - Ent... to the foster children were, by definition, parent-like. It was held that there was no vicari...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- London Drugs Ltd. v. Kuehne & Nagel International Ltd., [1992] 3 S.C.R. 299 (1992)
... can benefit from limitation of liability clause in contract of storage between employer and...The vicarious liability regime, which holds the employer liable ...Professor Blom sets forth a simple definition of a planned transaction as one in which someone a...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Accountability of public authorities through contextualized determinations of vicarious liability and non-delegable duties.
... common law and, more specifically, the definition of an employee because among other things, who is ...
- University of New Brunswick Law Journal
- Nbr. 57, November 2007

- Canadian National Railway Co. v. Norsk Pacific Steamship Co., [1992] 1 S.C.R. 1021 (1992)
...Appellants admitted liability for negligence as to the collision. The bridge was... categories are not closed and further definition as to what factors give rise to liability for pure...Liability is very often vicarious in cases of this type. The hallmark of vicarious l...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- BLG Monthly Update - January 2012
...: beware the boilerplate – unused definition leads to unintended consequences Contracts: will ... Employment law/torts: employer not vicariously liable for reprisals by whistleblower's colleagues... court extends boundaries of vicarious liability, following Supreme Court of Canada's lead Torts: ...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Canada Law Articles in English
- Blackwater v. Plint, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 3, 2005 SCC 58, 2005 SCC 58 (2005)
...Torts - Vicarious liability - Charitable immunity - Negligence - Fid..., such as Parliament's control over definition and registration of Indians and jurisdiction over ...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet v. Canada (Minister of National Revenue), 2006 FCA 87 (2006)
... succeed only if Sagaz could be held vicariously liable for the tortious conduct of AIM. In the Sup... it may be impossible to give a precise definition of the distinction (p. 111) and, similarly, Flemin...Atiyah, in Vicarious Liability in the Law of Torts . London: Butterworths, 1967] ...
- Federal Court of Appeal
- From Laissez-Faire to fair play: workplace violence & psychological harassment.
... minimize risk exposure to damages and liability. Through the utilization of internal policy initia... examines the scope of the statutory definition of harassment. The statutory provision should prot...Technically, an employer can be held vicariously liable for bullying conducted by a co-worker. An e...
- University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review
- Vol. 65 Nbr. 2, March 2007
- 671122 Ontario Ltd. v. Sagaz Industries Canada Inc., [2001] 2 S.C.R. 983, 2001 SCC 59, 2001 SCC 59 (2001)
...Torts -- Vicarious liability -- Employee versus independent contracto... it may be impossible to give a precise definition of the distinction (p. 111) and, similarly, Flemin...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Janzen v. Platy enterprises ltd., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1252 (1989)
...Hickling, M. A. "Employer's Liability for Sexual Harassment" (1988), 17 Man. L.J. 124. M...799. The adjudicator accepted the definition of sexual harassment quoted by Professor Cumming i...liable both on the principle of vicarious liability and on the organic theory of corporate l...
- Supreme Court of Canada