Good Evening All, I am doing a presentation on Thursday morning in relation to the importance of managing the supply chain and part of the presentation is in relation to legal consequences: "Under civil liability, clients are usually only liable for the negligent acts or omissions of their own employees. However they can also be held liable for the "torts“ of both their contractors and their contractor's employees such scenarios including: - Where a statute makes the occupier liable even though the contractor is at fault - Where the work is carried out near a public highway - Where the client is held to be liable for negligence of contractors engaged - Where an employee of the client is injured by contractor's negligence but overall control rests with client - Where the client ratifies the tort of the contractor - Where the client does not exercise reasonable care in selecting a competent contractor Do any "real life" examples or cases spring to mind with any fellow forum users that would fall into the above category or could point me in the direction of a website I could search? I always prefer to outline such information with an example that people can relate to - the audience is mixed industry. Thanks in advance, assistance always appreciated. Best Wishes - Donna

Forgot to add link to the case: http://www.bailii.org/ew.../EWCA/Civ/2005/1151.html

Thanks very much fellow forum users information much appreciated as always! Donna