New to Hart Publishing, this is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on tort, the first of its kind in the UK, and for many years now a bestselling and very popular text for students. This new edition retains all the features that have made it such a popular and respected text, with extensive commentary, questions and notes supplementing the selection of cases and statutes which form the core of the book. Taking a broadly contextual approach, the book addresses all the main topics in tort law, is up-to-date, doctrinally sound, stimulating and highly readable.

This new edition is up-to-date, doctrinally sound, stimulating and highly readable.

ContentsIntroduction 1PART ONE: Principles and policy of negligence1. An action for damages in perspective1 The Bradford football fire2 Points for discussion3 Civil Justice Reforms and Funding of Civil Actions2. The duty of care1 General Principles2 Pure Omissions3 Proximity and Failure to Prevent Harm3. Duty of care: special problems1 Liability of Public Authorities2 Psychiatric Harm3 Wrongful Conception, Wrongful Birth, and the Unborn Child4. Pure economic loss1 The Origins of the Rule against the Recovery of Negligently Caused Economic Loss2 What Is Pure Economic Loss?3 The Hedley Byrne Exception4 The Basis and Development of the Hedley Byrne Exception5 The Measure of Damages under Hedley Byrne: The 'Scope' of the Duty5. Breach of duty1 The Reasonable Person2 Application of the Standard of Care3 Aids in Discharging the Burden of Proof6. Causation and Remoteness of Damage1 Factual Causation2 Selection among Operative Factual Causes3 Foreseeability of the Kind of Damage4 Development of The Wagon Mound Doctrine7. Defences : contributory negligence , volenti non fit injuria , exclusion of liability, andillegality and public policy1 Contributory Negligence2 Volenti non fit injuria3 Exclusion of Liability4 Illegality and Public Policy8. Assessment of damages1 The Aims of an Award of Damages2 Personal Injuries3 Property DamagePART TWO: SPECIFIC DU TIES AND INTERESTS9. LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PREMISES1 Occupiers' Liability2 Non-occupiers' Liability for Premises10. Product Liability1 Negligence2 Statutory Liability11. Liability for animals12. Breach of Statutory Duty1 Express Creation of New Torts2 Express Exclusion of Civil Remedy3 Creation of New Torts by Judicial Interpretation of Statutes4 The Scope of Protection5 The 'Eurotort'6 A Note on Health and Safety Legislation13. Intentional Interference with the Person1 Trespass, Intention, and Negligence2 Assault and Battery3 False Imprisonment4 The 'Tort in Wilkinson v Downton' and Harassment5 Defences14. Interference with Land1 Trespass to Land2 Public Nuisance3 Private Nuisance4 Escape of Dangerous Things from Land5 Fire15. Intentional economic torts1 Conspiracy2 Inducing Breach of Contract3 Causing Loss by Unlawful Means-the 'Unlawful Means Tort'4 The Tort of Deceit16. Interests in Reputation -Defamation1 Defamation and Freedom of Expression2 Who Can Sue? 9753 Words or Matter Defamatory of the Claimant4 The Distinction between Defamation and Malicious Falsehoods5 Publication6 Defences7 Remedies8 The Distinction between Libel and Slander17. Invasion of PrivacyPART THREE: Loss Distribution18. Vicarious Liability1 Justification for Vicarious Liability2 Relationship of Employer and Employee3 Relationships beyond Employment4 Connection between the Relationship of the Tortfeasor and the Defendant and the Act of the Tortfeasor5 Liability for Independent Contractors6 Employer's Liability to Employees19. Joint Liability1 Joint Tortfeasance2 Contribution between Tortfeasors20. Insurance and Compensation1 The Relationship between Insurance and Tort Liability2 Compulsory Insurance Provisions3 Motor Insurers' Bureau4 The Settlement Process5 Other Compensation Systems6 The Future of CompensationFurther Reading