Tort law:
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2008
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| Edition: | 6. ed., repr. |
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| Physical Description: | XXXII, 415 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781405846721 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
xi
Acknowledgements
xiii
Guided tour
xiv
Table of cases
xvi
Table of statutes
xxix
Table of statutory instruments
xxxi
fob/e
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European legislation
xxxii
Tort law: an introduction
1
Comparing tort with other legal wrongs
1
The role of policy
2
Tort and the requirement of fault
3
Reasons for a requirement of fault
5
Arguments against a requirement of fault
6
Alternative methods of compensation for personal injury
8
Reform of the tort system
11
Answering questions
13
Summary of Chapter
1 14
Reading list
15
Reading on the Internet
15
Negligence
16
The duty of care
16
Development of the duty of care
17
Duties of care: the
Capara
test
21
Duties of care: pure economic loss
24
Duties of care: psychiatric injury or nervous shock
38
Duties of care: omissions
55
Duties of care: liability for the acts of third parties
58
Duties of care: special groups
61
Breach of a duty of care
78
The standard of reasonableness
79
Damage
90
Causation
93
The but for test
94
Contents
Multiple
causes
96
Intervening events
102
Remoteness of damage
104
The test of remoteness
1
Ο4
Proving negligence
108
Defences 111
Contributory negligence
111
Volenti non
fit
injuria
(consent)
115
Illegality
119
Statutory authority
120
Inapplicable defences
121
Time limits
122
Personal injury cases
123
Reform of limitation periods
126
Criticisms of negligence law
127
Compensating victims of harm
127
Marking fault
129
Deterring carelessness
130
Spreading risk
130
Individualism and negligence
131
An economic solution?
131
Answering questions
132
Summary of Chapter
2 137
Reading list
141
Reading on the Internet
142
3
Employers1 liability
143
The employer s personal duty
143
Types of harm
147
The scope of the employer s duty
152
Defences
154
Answering questions
154
Summary of Chapter
3 155
Reading list
156
Reading on the Internet
156
4
Occupiers liability
157
Who is an occupier?
157
What must they occupy?
158
Liability to visitors: Occupiers Liability Act
1957 159
Defences under the
1957
Act
164
Liability to trespassers: Occupiers Liability Act
1984 165
Defences under the
1984
Act
169
Contents
Answering questions
170
Summary of Chapter
4 174
Reading list
175
Reading on the Internet
175
S
Product liability
176
Product liability in contract
176
Product liability in tort
179
The Consumer Protection Act
1987 185
Other remedies for defective products
195
Answering questions
196
Summary of Chapter
5 198
Reading list
199
Reading on the Internet
199
S
Breach of statutory duty
201
Scope of the tort
201
Elements of the tort
206
Defences
208
Problems with statutory torts
208
Breach of
EU
legislation
208
Answering questions
209
Summary of Chapter
6 209
Reading list
210
Reading on the Internet
210
?
Deceit
211
Elements of the tort
211
Answering questions
216
Summary of Chapter
7 217
Reading list
217
Reading on the Internet
218
β
Defamation and privacy
219
Elements of defamation
219
Parties to a defamation action
227
Defences
227
Procedural issues
241
Remedies for defamation
242
Issues in defamation
245
Privacy
248
The background to privacy protection
248
vii
Contents
The current law on privacy
250
Elements of the tort
252
Answering questions
255
Summary of Chapter
8 256
Reading list
260
Reading on the Internet
260
9
Nuisance
261
Private nuisance
261
Elements of the tort
262
Who can be sued?
268
Who can sue?
270
Defences
272
Remedies
276
Problems with private nuisance
277
Nuisance and human rights
278
Public nuisance
279
Tort actions for public nuisance
280
Differences between private and public nuisance
281
Answering questions
281
Summary of Chapter
9 284
Reading list
286
Reading on the Internet
287
10
The rule in Rylands
v
Fletcher
288
Elements of the tort
288
Who can sue?
292
The mental element
293
Defences
293
Relationship to other torts
295
The role of Rylands
v
Fletcher
295
Answering questions
297
Summary of Chapter
10 297
Reading list
298
Reading on the Internet
298
! 1
Trespass
299
Trespass to the person
299
Assault
300
Battery
302
False imprisonment
304
Defences
307
viii
Contents
The role of trespass to the person today
310
Other protections from physical harm
310
Trespass to goods
314
Elements of the tort
314
Defences
316
Conversion
317
Trespass to land
320
Elements of the tort
320
The mental element
324
Defences
324
Remedies
325
Trespass in the criminal law
326
Answering questions
327
Summary of Chapter
11 329
Reading list
332
Reading on the Internet
332
12
Liability for animals
333
Liability for animals at common law
333
The Animals Act
1971 334
Answering questions
341
Summary of Chapter
12 341
Reading list
343
Reading on the Internet
343
13
Joint and several liability
344
Types of liability
344
Answering questions
347
Summary of Chapter
13 347
Reading list
348
Reading on the Internet
348
Í4
Vicarious liability
349
Who is an employee?
349
In the course of employment
354
Independent contractors
360
Why is vicarious liability imposed?
361
Answering questions
363
Summary of Chapter
14 364
Reading list
365
Reading on the Internet
366
ix
Contents
IS Remedies in tort 367
Damages
Compensatory damages 367
Compensation for personal injury 372
Non-compensatory damages 383
Problems with damages 386
Injunctions 387
Interlocutory injunctions 388
Damages in lieu of injunction 389
Answering questions 38^
Summary of Chapter
15
39°
Reading list 3^2
Reading on the Internet 392
Appendix: Answering examination questions
394
General guidelines
Essay questions
Problem questions
Glossary
400
index
405
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