This task is an essay in which you need to examine the law in the context of the quotation provided. Critical analysis, evaluation, and synthesis in this assessment is central to arriving at a final conclusion of your examination. You should use at least four or more textbooks as well as legal journals as research sources for your Word limit: 3,000 words OSCOLA referencing system should be used in all assignments. Essay Question It is not necessary to embark on a detailed examination of the development of the modern principle of vicarious liability. But is necessary to face up to the way in which the law of vicarious liability sometimes may embrace intention wrongdoing by an employee… It is easy to accept the idea that where an employee acts for the benefit of his employer, or intends to do so that is strong evidence that he was acting the course of his employment. But until the decision in the House of Lords in Lloyds v Grace Smith &;amp; Co., [1912] AC 716, it was thought that vicarious liability could only be established if such requirements were satisfied. This was an overly restrictive view and hardly in tune with the needs of society. In Lloyd v Grace Smith and Co it was laid to rest by the House of Lords. A firm of solicitors were held liable for the dishonesty of their managing clerk who persuaded a client to transfer property to him and then disposed of it for his own advantage. The decisive factor was that the client had been invited by the firm to deal with their managing clerk. This decision was a breakthrough: it finally established that vicarious liability is not necessarily defeated if the employee acted for his own benefit. On the other hand, an intense focus on the connection between the nature of the employment and the tort of the employee became necessary. Lord Steyn, Lister v Hesley Hall [2001] UKHL [2002] 1 AC 215 Critically analyse Lord Steyn’s statement through a critical analysis of the case law, including recent decisions with particular reference to the various tests applied by the courts in imposing vicarious liability. Include in your analysis how this secondary liability for tortious acts has developed since 1907 when the ‘Salmond test’ was first expounded by Sir John Salmond (Sir John Salmond, Torts 1st edn 1907, at 83) ? * Word Limit: 3,000 + 10% (300) = 3,300word count