Willes J.
historical figure · 1 work · 8 mentions · 18 anchored passages
Willes · per Willes J.
in the texts
The Law of Torts
English judge whose formulations of the master-servant liability rule are treated as classical and leading authority.
So the matter is handled in our leading authority, the judgment of the Exchequer Chamber delivered by Willes J.
The more general rule governing the other and more difficult branch of the subject was expressed by Willes J.
“With respect to the question, whether a principal is answerable for the act of his agent in the course of his master’s business, and for his master’s benefit, no sensible distinction can be drawn between the case of fraud and the case of any other wrong”.