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Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence, 16th Edition

Edited by Mark Armitage · Roger Cooper · Richard Hyde · Philip Kramer · Stephen Todd · Peter Morton
Sweet & Maxwell U.K. June 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780414124851
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication
June 2025
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The foremost guide to this complex area of the law, Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence is written by a mixed team of practitioners and academics.

Key Features:

  • Sets out comprehensively the general principles, covering duty of care and liability issues under the tort of negligence
  • Shows how the principles developed through the application of the common law and explains how the law of negligence has been applied in the UK and Commonwealth jurisdictions
  • Explains the duty to take care, when it exists, between what parties it exists and to assess quickly if a cause of action exists
  • Explains what remedies may be available, including damages and investigates the remoteness of damage as a concept
  • Explains the burden of proof and standard of care in negligence cases
  • Demonstrates the applicable defences and discharges from liability
  • Demonstrates the standard of care principle in relation to persons professing some special skill, highways, and transport, employee employer relationship
  • Provides an essential reference for every negligence case whether it is to do with personal injury including resulting in death, property, product liability and injury caused by animals and death
  • Differentiates between absolute and strict liability
  • Includes up-to-date statutory duties which means you will know exactly how recent changes apply
  • Shows, through a detailed analysis of case law, how the principles work in specific situations and sets out the implications of new developments to help you take a view on your particular case.

The 16th edition deals with several significant cases such as:

in the Supreme Court: Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1. Armstead v Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 6. Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33 HXA v Surrey CC [2024] 1 WLR 335. Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v BXB [2024] A.C 567 Davies v Bridgend County BC [2024] UKSC 15. McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26 Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd [2022] UKSC 19. in the Privy Council: Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd v JP SPC 4 [2022] UKPC 18. Gulf View Medical Centre Ltd v Tesheira [2022] UKPC 38 Primeo Fund (In liquidation) v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd [2024] A.C 727 In the Court of Appeal: Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 138 White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2024] EWCA Civ 244. Benyatov v Credit Suisse (Securities) Europe Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 140. Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377.
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