Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:39:32 +0100 (BST)

From: Robert Stevens

Subject: Attribution of Acts

Does anyone know of any cases concerning the attribution of one person's (physical) actions to another person outside of vicarious liability? One example is contributory negligence. The careless actions of an employee of a claimant company may be attributed to the claimant for the purpose of contributory negligence. Are there any other examples? A contract example might be if A Ltd promises B not to do X and one of A Ltd's employees does X.

Offlist if preferred. (Cases concerning the attribution of words spoken by one person to another are much easier to identify.)

Robert Stevens
Barrister Fellow and Tutor in Law
Lady Margaret Hall
University of Oxford

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