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Written by two leading scholars, Tort Law combines detailed coverage of the legal principles, supported by hypothetical case scenarios and guided further reading, with critical discussion of the key academic debates and literature in the subject making it ideal for use by anyone studying tort law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Extensively updated, this new edition covers all important case-law and legislative developments, including the expansion of vicarious liability in Mohamud v Wm Morrison Supermarkets, the treatment of the notion of ‘defect’ under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in Wilkes v Depuy International Ltd, the reinvigoration of the tort in Wilkinson v Downton by O (a child) v Rhodes, the recognition of a tort of the malicious institution of civil proceedings in Willers v Joyce, and the attempts to reform the law on the defence of illegality in Patel v Mirza.

Tort Law

• Cover


• Title page


• Brief contents


• Detailed contents


• Dedication


• Acknowledgements


• Publisher?s acknowledgements


• Preface


• Table of cases


• Table of statutes, statutory instruments and conventions


• 1 The basics


• 2 Trespass to the person


• 3 Claims in negligence


• 4 Duty of care: introduction


• 5 Duty of care: acts


• 6 Duty of care: omissions


• 7 Breach of duty


• 8 Causation


• 9 Actionability


• 10 Occupiers? liability


• 11 Product liability


• 12 Trespass to land


• 13 Private nuisance


• 14 Strict liability for dangerous things


• 15 Torts to personal property


• 16 Defamation


• 17 Invasion of privacy, harassment and abuse


• 18 Breach of statutory duty


• 19 Public nuisance


• 20 The economic torts


• 21 Abuse of power or position


• 22 Defences


• 23 Compensatory damages


• 24 Aggravated and exemplary damages


• 25 Disgorgement and licence fee damages


• 26 Nominal and vindicatory damages


• 27 Injunctions


• 28 Wrongful death claims


• 29 Other third-party claims


• 30 Accessory liability


• 31 Vicarious liability


• 32 Loss compensation schemes


• Bibliography


• Index of problems


• Index


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