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Tort Law, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (July 3, 2024) © 2024

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

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For students studying tort law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

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.

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  • Comprehensive coverage of all tort law principles necessary for their course.
  • A clear, engaging text that reflects the knowledge of two leading scholars on the subject.
  • In-depth discussions of academic literature on the subject which allows them to critically evaluate existing law.
  • Hypothetical examples and scenarios throughout that demonstrate complex ideas.
  • Further online resources, giving students much more detailed knowledge of the caselaw and events that have helped to shape tort law in the last 20 years, and suggestions for further reading.

Updated information reflects recent developments in tort law since the previous edition, including consideration of the effect of the decisions in:

  • Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery on the law of private nuisance.
  • Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, N v Poole BC, and HXA v Surrey CC on finding duties of care in negligence, and the liability of public authorities.
  • Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, on recovery for psychiatric illness in negligence.
  • Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton and Meadows v Khan on the SAAMCO principle.
  • ZXC v Bloomberg on the law on invasion of privacy.
  • Various Claimants v Barclays Bank and Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets, on vicarious liability.

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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

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.

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