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Casebook on Tort Law, 17th Edition

Casebook on Tort Law, 17th Edition

Author: Kirsty Horsey; Erika Rackley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198874966
Published In: January 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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All the leading cases, illuminated by Horsey & Rackley's trademark clear and lively commentary.

The essential companion for undergraduate tort law students, providing a comprehensive portable library of leading tort cases. Horsey & Rackley bring together a range of carefully edited extracts, combined with insightful commentary and annotated cases to help students identify and analyse the key elements.

The only text of its kind to provide a comprehensive collection of the leading tort law cases for undergraduates
Simple to navigate, pulling all key case law together into one easy-to-use volume which students can work through systematically or use to reference specific cases
Cases are accompanied by succinct author commentary highlighting the key elements of each case
Annotated cases help students understand and analyse material

New to this edition:

The seventeenth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent developments in the law, including Fearn and others v The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4 on private nuisance, Riley v Murray Court of Appeal [2022] EWCA Civ 1146 on defamation, and Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Polmear v Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust; Purchase v Ahmed [2022] EWCA Civ 12 on psychiatric harm.

1:Introduction
2:Duty of care: basic principles
3:Special duty problems: omissions and acts of third parties
4:Special duty problems: psychiatric harm
5:Special duty problems: public bodies
6:Special duty problems: economic loss
7:Breach of duty: the standard of care
8:Causation and remoteness of damage
9:Defences to negligence
10:Occupiers' liability
11:Product liability
12:Breach of statutory duty
13:Intentional interferences with the person
14:Invasion of privacy
15:Defamation
16:Trespass to land and nuisance
17:Actions under Rylands v Fletcher
18:Vicarious liability
19:Damages for death and personal injuries