Ask a solicitor: A contractor fell off a ladder on my farm

Dear Karen, 

I employed a contractor to build a shed on my farm. Unfortunately, he fell off a ladder during the construction and injured himself, but I am shocked that he is now claiming that he was an employee and that I owed him a duty of care.

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