单词 | Agency of necessity |
释义 | 在緊急情況下的代理 Agency is created where the agent is faced with an emergency in which the property or interests of the principal are in imminent jeopardy. There must be a real emergency which necessitates action: China Pacific SA v Food Corp of India The Winson [1981] 3 All ER 688, [1982] AC 939 (HL). It must be impossible to communicate with the principal: Prager v Blatspiel Stamp & Heacock Ltd [1924] All ER Rep 524, 1 KB 566; Sims & Co v Midland Railway Co [1913] 1 KB 103; Springer v Great Western Railway Co [1921] 1 KB 257. The action must be necessary and for the benefit of the principal and the agent must act bona fide: Prager v Blatspiel Stamp & Heacock Ltd, supra. The doctrine can be applied to those who accepted bills of exchange for the honour of the drawer; masters of ships: Hawtayne v Bourne (1841) 7 M & W 595; land carriers: Great Northern Railway Co v Swaffield (1874) LR 9 Ex 132; bailees: China Pacific SA v Food Corporation of India The Winson, supra, and doctors: Hastings v Seamans Village [1946] 4 DLR 695 (SCA). Although a father is under a duty to maintain his children there does not arise in the case of children, as there does in the case of a wife, an agency of necessity: Yung Ki Fong v Mark Oi Lin & Anor [1959] HKDCLR 139; Mortimore v Wright (1840) 6 M & W 482. 當代理人面對緊急情況,委託人的財物和權益即將受到危害,所訂立的代理關係。必須是一個需要行動真正的緊急情況:China Pacific SA v Food Corp of India [1982] AC 939; [1981] 3 All ER 688(上議院)。必須是不可能通知委託人:Prager v Blatspiel Stamp & Heacock Ltd [1924] All ER Rep 524, 1 KB 566; Sims & Co v Midland Railway Co [1913] 1 KB 103; Springer v Great Western Railway Co [1921] 1 KB 257。該行動必須是有必要的,及使委託人受益,該代理人必須真誠地行事:Prager v Blatspiel, Stamp & Heacock Ltd, 見上文。該原則適用於為維護出票人的信譽而承兌匯票的人;船長:Hawtayne v Bourne (1841) 7 M&W 595;陸路承運人:Great Northern Railway Co v Swaffield (1874) LR 9 Ex 132;受託人:China Pacific SA v Food Corporation of India, 見上文,及醫生:Hastings v Seamans Village [1946] 4 DLR 695(加拿大最高法院)。雖然父親負有贍養其孩子的責任,但就子女而言,在緊急情況下的代理關係則不存在,就妻子而言則不然:Yung Ki Fong v Mark Oi Lin & Anor [1959] HKDCLR 139; Mortimore v Wright (1840) 6 M & W 482。 |
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