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Cassidy v Ministry of Health

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The reason why the employers are liable in such cases is not because they can control the way in which the work is done - they often have not sufficient knowledge to do so - but because they employ the staff and have chosen them for the task and have in their hands the ultimate sanction for good
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Mr Cassidy went to hospital for a routine operation on his hand, but came away with stiff fingers because of the negligence of one of the doctors. He attempted to sue the Ministry of Health in its capacity as employer. The Ministry argued it could not be held responsible and had no vicarious
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The Court of Appeal held that the doctor was indeed a servant of the hospital and the Ministry was vicariously liable, because the doctor was integrated into the health organisation. Denning LJ said,
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He also noted, that where a patient selects the doctor, then the doctor will not be employed by a hospital.
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where it had been suggested that a surgeon was not the 'servant' of his employer.
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Cassidy v Minister of Health

Contract of employment
English tort law
UK labour law
vicarious liability
Collins v Hertfordshire
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Lawrie-Blum v Land Baden-Wurttenberg
C-66/85
Pfeiffer v Deutsches Rotes Kreuz
C-397/01
Employment Rights Act 1996
230
Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher
UKSC 41
Jivraj v Hashwani
UKSC 40
Clyde & Co LLP v Bates van Winkelhof
UKSC 32
Cassidy v Minister of Health
Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd v SS for Pensions
Market Invest Ltd v Minister for Social Security
O’Kelly v Trusthouse Forte plc
Nethermere (St Neots) Ltd v Gardiner
Lee Ting Sang v Chung Chi-Keung
UKPC 1
Hall v Lorimer

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