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Yewens v Noakes

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Yewens V. Noakes
CourtExchequer Court
Decided1880
Citation6 QBD 530
Case history
Appealed fromCourt of Appeal decision: that a clerk who earned £150 a year did not fall within the definition of servant.
Related actionContract of Employment
Court membership
Judges sittingLord Justice Bramwell and Lord Justice Thesiger
Case opinions
Decision byBramwell: "a servant is a person who is subject to the command of his master as to the manner in which he shall do his work."
ConcurrenceThesiger said it was obvious that a salaried clerk was not a "servant" any more than were "the manager of a bank, a foreman with high wages, persons in the position almost of gentlemen."
Keywords
Tax law

Yewens v Noakes (1880) 6 QBD 530, was an English tax law case which addressed the question of the division between master and servant.

Facts

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There was a statutory exemption for duty on inhabited houses where premises were occupied by 'a servant or other person.... for the protection

Judgment

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The Court of Appeal held that a clerk who earned £150 a year did not fall within the definition of servant.

Lord Justice Bramwell gave judgment said, "a servant is a person who is subject to the command of his master as to the manner in which he shall do his work."

Lord Justice Thesiger said it was obvious that a salaried clerk was not a "servant" any more than were "the manager of a bank, a foreman with high wages, persons in the position almost of gentlemen."

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References

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  • Teacher, Law (November 2013). "Yewen v Noakes - 1880". Fujairah, UAE: LawTeacher.net. Retrieved 13 July 2024.