A Comparative Analysis of Civil Liability of Caretaker over the Actions of Persons in Need of Care in the Iranian and English Law

In the law of torts, the utmost compensation for damages suffered by victim had been always considered and in order to achieve this goal some measures and plans had been thought, which one of them is civil liability for the action of another which according to English Law is called vicarious liability. Although according to the principle of personal liability, vicarious liability should be construed as limited and exceptional but nowadays regarding the extent of its instances, there are distinct kinds of this liability which according to the specific rules and principles governing each of them is individually assessed. Civil liability of caretaker over the actions of persons in need of care is one of the types of civil liability arising from the actions of another which in this research studying the conditions and the specific rules of this kind of liability with comparative analysis with English Law is the goal.