ESM2615 - Common Law
There is no statutory definition of what is meant by a contract of apprenticeship. An apprentice is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as being:
바카라 사이트渙ne who is bound by legal agreement to serve an employer for a period of years, with a view to learn some handicraft, trade etc., in which the employer is reciprocally bound to instruct him.바카라 사이트�
Further guidance on what is meant by a contract of apprenticeship can be found in several cases on the subject.
In Wiltshire Police Authority v. Wynn [1981] QB95, Lord Denning M.R. stated
바카라 사이트淚f the primary purpose was work for the master 바카라 사이트� and teaching a trade was only a secondary purpose 바카라 사이트� it was a contract of service. But if teaching a trade was the primary purpose 바카라 사이트� and work for the master was only secondary 바카라 사이트� then it was a contract of apprenticeship.바카라 사이트�
In the more recent case of Edmunds v. Lawson and Others [2000] ICR567 concerning a pupil barrister, the Court of Appeal judgment contains more commentary on contracts of apprenticeship. The Lord Chief Justice stated:
바카라 사이트淎 contract of apprenticeship or any equivalent contract is in our judgment a synallagmatic contract in which the master undertakes to educate and train the apprentice (or pupil) in the practical and other skills needed to practise a skilled (or learned) profession and the apprentice (or pupil) binds himself to serve and work for the master and comply with all reasonable directions. These mutual covenants are in our judgment cardinal features of such a relationship.바카라 사이트�
(synallagmatic 바카라 사이트� reciprocally binding)
The judgment contains quotes from earlier cases concerning the meaning of 바카라 사이트渁pprentice바카라 사이트� and the common thread is that an apprentice is one who is bound to serve a master who is bound to teach him.