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Tort Law 7th ed


ISBN13: 9780779899623
Published: June 2023
Publisher: The Carswell Company Ltd.
Country of Publication: Canada
Format: Paperback
Price: £156.00
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Tort Law 7th ed provides a thorough coverage of Canadian tort law, with both historical and philosophical context, and contemporary developments in case law and legislation.

The new seventh edition thoroughly reviews and updates all the significant developments in Canadian tort law since the last edition, including:

  • The Supreme Court of Canada's new approach to the duty of care in negligent misrepresentation and other pure economic loss cases as explained in Deloitte & Touche v. Livent Inc. (Receiver of) and 1688782 Ontario Ltd. v. Maple Leaf Foods
  • The role of foreseeability of harm as a matter of duty, breach, and remoteness as discussed in cases such as Rankin (Rankin Sales & Garage) v. J.J and other decisions involving liability of harm caused by third parties
  • Public authority tort liability with reference to proximity and the policy/operational dichotomy discussed by the Supreme Court in Nelson (City) v. Marchi
  • The issue of established and novel duty categories recovery of damages for mental injuries
  • The tort of public nuisance as explained by the British Columbia Court of Appeal in British Columbia v. Apotex
  • New "privacy" torts such as the "public disclosure of private facts" and "publicity placing the plaintiff in a “false light"
  • Whether there is a stand-alone tort of "harassment"
  • Product liability actions against gun manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Florence v. Benzaquen involving claims for "wrongful life"
  • Occupier's liability cases, especially in relation to waivers of liability
  • Anti-SLAPP motions and other issues in defamation cases
  • Inclusion of important judgments from the United Kingdom's Supreme Court