Independent Contractor in UK Law

  • Davie v New Merton Board Mills Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 28 January 1959
    ... ... as to the liability of the employer for acts of a third party, independent contractor or another, of which he had not, and could not reasonably have ... ...
  • Homburg Houtimport BV v Agrosin Private Ltd (Starsin)
    • House of Lords
    • 17 March 2003
    ... ... and assistance and repairs to the vessels and including every independent contractor from time to time employed by the carrier) shall in any ... ...
  • Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and Others
    • Supreme Court
    • 27 July 2011
    ... ... was dated 18 June 1991, in which he was described as a sub-contractor. Clauses 1 to 3 of the contract provided: "1. The Sub-contractor ... The Sub-contractor hereby confirms that he is a self-employed independent contractor and that his tax affairs are handled by … tax office under ... ...
  • Pimlico Plumbers and Another v Smith
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 February 2017
    ... ... , there is a legal relationship of client or customer and independent contractor rather than employer and employee or worker ... ...
  • D & F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England
    • House of Lords
    • 14 July 1988
    ... ... on builders, but also on anyone else, in particular any sub-contractor or professional man, who takes on work for or in connection with the ... 38 It is trite law that the employer of an independent contractor is, in general, not liable for the negligence or other torts ... ...
  • Murphy v Brentwood District Council
    • House of Lords
    • 26 July 1990
    ... ... to judge the suitability of the design, sought the advice of independent consulting engineers, Messrs. S. D. Mayer & Partners. Their advice was to ... the whole of which had been erected and equipped by the same contractor. In that situation the whole package provided by the contractor would, in ... ...
  • Express & Echo Publications Ltd v Tanton
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 March 1999
    ... ... is an employee under a contract of service or a self-employed contractor under a contract for services ... 2 That question arises ... Tanton's application. It did so on the ground that he was an independent contractor engaged by it. That dispute gave rise to a preliminary issue as ... ...
  • Armagas Ltd v Mundogas SA (The Ocean Frost)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 October 1984
    ... ... But a master, as opposed to the employer of an independent contractor, is liable even for acts which he has not authorised, provided ... ...
  • O'Kelly v Trusthouse Forte Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 July 1983
    ... ... relationship it was the parties' view that casual workers were independent contractors engaged under successive contracts for services. (r) ... respondents were in no different position than any independent contractor who offers his services for a particular purpose or event (e.g., a jobbing ... ...
  • Hall (Inspector of Taxes) v Lorimer
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 05 November 1993
    ... ... -185 point towards the status of an employee rather than an independent contractor. The applicant did not provide his own equipment, the equipment ... ...
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