Martin is employed as a waiter by Jackson in his restaurant. One of his duties is attending to customers’ orders.
Jackson manages the restaurant by himself and expressly gives instructions to all his employees in the restaurant
on how to do their work. One day while Martin was serving a customer, a hot beverage accidentally poured on a
customer causing severe burns.
Required:
(i) Describe the legal principle in this scenario.
(ii) Determine the party or person to bear the liability for the injury suffered by the customer.
(iii) State FOUR reasons why the party or person identified in (ii) above will bear the liability
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