Tort Law, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (July 5, 2024) © 2024

  • Nicholas J McBride Pembroke College, Cambridge
  • Roderick Bagshaw Magdalen College, Oxford

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Tort Law, 7th edition, teaches legal principles using case scenarios and guided further reading, developing critical thinking skills with wider discussion on the topics. This text is ideal for studying tort law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

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Table of contents

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

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