How is the relationship of employer and worker established?

In connection with the provisions for maternity leave and statutory maternity pay:

(a) What is the maximum leave entitlement?

(b) What is the amount of maternity pay?

(c) For how long must the claimant have been continuously employed?

Des and Eric are both employed by a bus company.

Des is a bus driver and Eric a conductor. Eric has always nursed an ambition to be a driver and Des has, on occasion, let Eric drive a bus around the depot before other employees turned up for work. Last week, while Eric was having a drive around the yard, he struck Des who was riding his motor bike around the yard at 60 mph.

Discuss the liability of Eric and the bus company in regard to the injuries suffered by Des.

Monty signalled to a van driver of Python Ltd to stop and asked him to take him to the Grotty Towers Hotel. The hotel was some five miles away from the route which the driver would usually take in the course of his duties, but he nevertheless agreed to give Monty a lift to the hotel. When the driver had deviated a quarter mile from his authorised route, he carelessly collided with another vehicle and Monty was injured.

As company secretary of Python Ltd, you have received a letter from a firm of solicitors representing Monty threatening legal action against Python Ltd. Your managing director asks you to draft a memorandum for him on the legal aspects of the case. Draft the memorandum.