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Ming An Insurance Co (HK) Ltd v Ritz-Carlton Ltd
(2002) 5 HKCFAR 569
Key Principle
An employer is vicariously liable for an employee's tort committed in the course of employment. The 'course of employment' test asks whether the wrongful act was so closely connected with what the employee was authorised to do that it can be regarded as a mode (albeit an improper mode) of doing it.
Area of Law
Tort — vicarious liability — course of employment
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