Construction Industry Training Board v Labour Force Ltd

[1970] 3 All ER 220

(Judgment by: Lord Parker CJ)

Between: Construction Industry Training Board
And: Labour Force Ltd

Court:
Queen's Bench Division

Judges: Cooke J
Fisher J

Lord Parker CJ

Subject References:
Master and servant
Contract of service
Incidents of contract
Agreement by one with another to provide services to a third
Whether contract of service or contract sui generis

Case References:
Ready Mixed Concrete (South East) Ltd v Minister of Pensions and National Insurance - [1968] 1 All ER 433; [1968] 2 QB 497; [1968] 2 WLR 775, Digest Supp

Judgment date: 14 July 1970


Judgment by:
Lord Parker CJ

I agree that this appeal should be dismissed. I am quite satisfied that the tribunal here has not erred in law; indeed, I think that it deserves to be congratulated on the care with which it has gone into the matter and the clarity of its reasoning.

Ie the Minister of Labour (whose functions have been transferred to the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity)

SI 1966 No 1059

P S Atiyah, Vicarious Liability in the Law of Torts, 1967, p 38