Tort Law

Description

Tort Law: Text, Cases, and Materials combines incisive author commentary with carefully selected extracts from primary and secondary materials to provide a complete and supportive student text.

• Combines key cases and materials with substantial author text, providing students with a stand-alone resource
• Extracts from a wide variety of sources encourage students to acquire a good understanding of a range of different perspectives
• This text excels in its clarity of expression helping students to appreciate the complexities and challenges surrounding tort law
• The two-colour page design enables the reader to distinguish easily between the author text and the case extracts
• Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this edition

• A rearranged chapter structure in Part III, ensuring optimum clarity and flow of information
• Fuller use of cross-referencing, helping students to keep track of interrelated areas
• A new chapter structure in PartIII of the book reflects significant changes in the law on negligence and duty of care
• New discussion of numerous legal developments has been added , including Paul v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2022] on psychiatric harm to 'secondary' victims; Khan v Meadows [2021] and MBS v Thorton [2021] on scope of duty; further consideration of illegality in Stoffel v Grondona [2021] and Henderson v Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust [2020]; R(Jalloh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] on false imprisonment; Barclays Bank v Various Claimants [2020] on vicarious liability; and Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2020] on private nuisance
• Updated coverage of the latest developments in tort law

About the Author(s)

Jenny Steele, Professor & Director of Research, York Law School, University of York

Professor Jenny Steele is Director of Research at York Law School, University of York. She is also a past president of the Society of Legal Scholars and was a co-editor of Legal Studies, the society's journal, from 2006 to 2011.

Table of Contents

I. Introductory
1:Introduction: the shape of tort law today
II. International Interferences
2:Torts of intention
III. The Tort of Negligence
3:The standard of care in negligence
4:The duty of care: introduction and development
5:Duty of care: applications
6:Causation, remoteness, and scope of duty: connection to the damage
7:Defences to negligence
IV. General Matters
8:Limitation and contribution
9:Damages, compensation, and responsibility
10:Vicarious liability and non-delegable duties
V. Nuisance and Duties Relating to Land
11:Nuisance
12:Rylands v Fletcher and strict liability
13:Occupiers' liability
VI. Defamation and Privacy
14:Defamation
15:Privacy
VII. Stricter Liabilities
16:Product liability
17:Breach of statutory duty
18:Trespass to land and goods, and conversion

Additional Resources

Digital formats and resources
The 5th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.