What is the legal test for vicarious liability?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Chand v. Martin, 2017 BCSC 660 (CanLII):

In regard to vicarious liability itself, a useful summary of the appropriate legal test was recently provided by this Court in Ari v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2013 BCSC 1308 at para. 68 and 70:

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