Public Authority Liability in Scotland

Public Authority Liability in Scotland is a brand new, necessary work providing a practical guide to this area of law. It addresses the wide range of issues that arise in practice:

• a summary of the legal principles underpinning the liability of public authorities in Scotland
• analysis of the relevant case law relating to common law negligence
• comparisons between the law in Scotland and that in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and
• a useful survey of the liabilities of different types of public body, grouped by chapter