Tort Law

Auteur

Nicholas J. McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge; he was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Roderick Bagshaw is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Texte du rabat

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.

Résumé

Help your students begin to understand tort law like professionals with this accessible text.

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.

Contenu

Brief contents

Table of cases

Table of statutes, statutory instruments and conventions

1. Tort law in a nutshell
2. Trespass to the personl
3. Claims in negligence
4. Duty of care (1) introduction
5. Duty of care (2) physical injury cases
6. Duty of care (3) psychiatric illness cases
7. Duty of care (4) property damage cases
8. Duty of care (5) pure economic loss cases
9. Duty of care (6) other cases
10. Breach of duty
11. Causation (1) the standard tests
12. Causation (2) exceptions to the standard tests
13. Actionability
14. Occupiers' liability
15. Product and building liability
16. Property torts (1) trespass to land
17. Property torts (2) private nuisance
18. Liability for dangerous things
19. Property torts (3) torts to personal property
20. Defamation
21. Invasion of privacy
22. Abusive torts
23. Economic torts
24. Criminal torts
25. Remedies (1) defences
26. Remedies (2) compensatory damages
27. Remedies (3) non-compensatory damages
28. Remedies (4) injunctions
29. Remedies (5) who can sue?
30. 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