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…I find Lord Scarman’s words, in Rose v Plenty [1976] 1 WLR 141 at page 147, quite persuasive as to the basis on which an employer is held liable for his employee’s tort.…

…That decision is in line with an extract from Salmond on Torts, 13th edition at page 133 which reads: “The master is exempt only when the servant was exclusively on his own business.”…