Competence test
13 September 2012
Legal column:
Does contracting out a task also mean that you are contracting out liability if something goes awry? The law is far from clear on this…
There is a general rule that if a business, or any other employer, employs an independent contractor to carry out work on its behalf, the business will not be responsible for any wrongs committed by that independent contractor.
There are a number of exceptions to this general rule, which include: where a business interferes and is responsible for the way in...