GBL 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Independent Contractor, Apparent Authority, Meeting Of The Minds
21 Mar 2017
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Use of agents allows one person to act of behalf of another individual, entity, business. Independent contractors outside contractors who are employed by a principal to conduct limited activities for the principal. Who can initiate agency relationship: any person who has the capacity to contract can appoint an agent to act on his or her behalf. Person who lack contractual capacity cannot appoint an agent. Kinds of employment relationships: principal agent: the agent has authority to act of behalf of the principal, as authorized by the principal and implied from the agency. An employee is often the agent of his employer: employer employee: an employee is hired to perform a task or service. An employee cannot enter a contract on behalf of the employer. The contractor is not an employee of the principal but has been employed by the principal to perform a certain task on behalf of the principal.
