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What does the words "authority" and "proposition" mean in the sentence below?"

"Pinn v Rew (1916) is authority for the proposition that an employer will be liable if he negligently chooses an independent contractor, fails to instruct him properly or fails to check the work where he is competent to do so."

I guessed them, but I just want to make sure if my guesses were right.

Thanks a million in advance.

Question

LAW phrases
What does the words "authority" and "proposition" mean in the sentence below?"

"Pinn v Rew (1916) is authority for the proposition that an employer will be liable if he negligently chooses an independent contractor, fails to instruct him properly or fails to check the work where he is competent to do so."

I guessed them, but I just want to make sure if my guesses were right.

Thanks a million in advance.

Answer

I'm not a lawyer, but I think it's saying that the ruling of this old court case, pinn v Rew, established that the "proposition" is illegal. The proposition is just what it goes on to describe, that an employer will be liable if he negligently chooses... and the rest of it.

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