Big Err wrote:If the employer approves the training, they take responsibility for it. Under vicarious liability the employer only has to demonstrate that they provided sufficient training or appointed an employee who should have the knowledge/ability for the job. If the employee does something which is not in their job remit, or is not Professional they take responsibility for their own actions. (you get my drift?)
Eric
The employee still takes responsibility for their own negligence even if an employer is vicariously liable. They both can, and most likely will, be sued.
I don't know how else to say this but your assessment of when an employer is not vicariously liable is, on my understanding of the law, incorrect.
If an act is committed 'in the course of employment' an employer is vicariously liable. This can include criminal acts by the employee. There was a House of Lords case on this 4 years ago so your sources may be out of date.
StressedDave wrote:True, but if you take things to extremis, they could be convicted of procuring the offence of giving instruction for money while the employee would be convicted of the offence itself.
If you are employed to give instruction (and I would suggest that if instruction is only part of your job then that amounts to the same thing) then Section 123 of the RTA 1988 makes the employer guilty of the offence along with the employee.
vonhosen wrote:Only people who can do what you are describing are the Police.
Strictly speaking, you mean formally appointed police instructors not just any police officer who might be asked to give a bit instruction don't you?
(Just looking at the exemption section of the RTA1988).