Tort Law

Written and designed for use on an LLB or GDL programme, Tort Law combines the authors’ trademark clarity of writing with coverage of the fundamental legal principles at play in this ever-evolving subject. A range of student-friendly features to support understanding and coverage of the topical issues and key academic debates within tort also combine to make this text the book of choice for students year after year.

1  Tort law: an introduction    

2  Negligence: elements of the tort   

3  Negligence: causation, defences, limitation and criticism  

4  Negligence: psychiatric injury

5  Negligence: economic loss   

6  Negligence: public bodies

7  Employers’ liability (missing)

8  Occupiers’ liability   

9  Product liability

10  Breach of statutory liability   

11  Defamation   

12  Privacy

13  Nuisance

14  The rule in Rylands v Fletcher   

15  Trespass to land  

16  Trespass to the person  

17  Joint and several liability   

18  Vicarious liability

19 Remedies in tort

Appendix: Answering examination questions