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Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd v Producers and Citizens Co-operative Assurance Co of Australia Ltd

[1931] HCA 53; (1931) 46 CLR 41

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1931

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A principal may be vicariously liable for the torts of a representative (canvassing) agent committed in carrying out the very task for which he was engaged, even though the agent is not a servant in the master/servant sense.

Area of Law

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