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Tort Law 7th ed


ISBN13: 9781292731971
Previous Edition ISBN: 9781292207834
To be Published: June 2024
Publisher: Pearson Education Ltd
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: £49.99



Written by two leading scholars Tort Law, 7th edition provides a comprehensive and easily accessible account of all areas of tort law, as well as discussion of the key academic debates and literature in this subject. It is ideal for use by anyone studying tort law or private law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Extensively updated, this edition covers all important case-law and legislative developments, including:

  • detailed accounts of significant UK Supreme Court decisions on the law of negligence (Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, N v Poole BC, HXA v Surrey CC and Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust)
  • the law of private nuisance (Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery)
  • the law on vicarious liability (Various Claimants v Barclays Bank, Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets, BXB v Barry Congregation)
  • discussions of statutory developments around building safety and digital assets.

Subjects:
Tort Law
Contents:
Table of cases
Table of statutes, statutory instruments and conventions

Tort law in a nutshell
Trespass to the personl
Claims in negligence
Duty of care (1) – introduction
Duty of care (2) – physical injury cases
Duty of care (3) – psychiatric illness cases
Duty of care (4) – property damage cases
Duty of care (5) – pure economic loss cases
Duty of care (6) – other cases
Breach of duty
Causation (1) – the standard tests
Causation (2) – exceptions to the standard tests
Actionability
Occupiers' liability
Product and building liability
Property torts (1) – trespass to land
Property torts (2) – private nuisance
Liability for dangerous things
Property torts (3) – torts to personal property
Defamation
Invasion of privacy
Abusive torts
Economic torts
Criminal torts
Remedies (1) – defences
Remedies (2) – compensatory damages
Remedies (3) – non-compensatory damages
Remedies (4) – injunctions
Remedies (5) – who can sue?
Remedies (6) – who can be sued?
Appendix A Tort law and human rights
Appendix B Loss compensation schemes
Appendix C
Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1

Index