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Civil Liability for Animals

Civil Liability for Animals

Author: Peter North
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199600816
Published In: January 2012
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The only book to address harm done by animals (as opposed to harm done to animals)
A comprehensive resource covering both dangerous and non-dangerous species
Contains the primary material text of the Animals Act 1971, as amended
Written by an internationally renowned legal scholar

A comprehensive analysis of liability for animals this book covers harm done by dangerous and straying animals including both dangerous and non-dangerous species. Including a separate chapter on special provisions relating to dogs it provides unique guidance from an internationally renowned legal scholar. The book takes account of the decisions of the courts which have applied, interpreted and explained the Animals Act 1971 over the past four decades including the House of Lords decision in Mirvahedy v Henley (2003).

Liability for animals which are not members of a dangerous species but which, in the event, may have been proved to be dangerous is a matter of particular interest and concern. The book addresses matters such as harm done by animals in the course of hunting as well as decisions on a number of non-statutory aspects of the law of animals.

The book includes the primary material of the Animals Act, 1971 making it a comprehensive point of reference on this subject.

An earlier version of this book was published in 1972 just after the Animals Act 1971 came into force. Although the legislation has remained substantially unamended, there has been a steady flow of case law on the meaning and operation of the provisions of the Act.

Readership: Primary: Solicitors and barristers practising in the area of civil liability and in particular those advising farming and land owning communities as well as house owners, also of relevance to the judiciary. Secondary: Academic libraries and scholars or tort law.

1: Introduction

2: Strict Liability for Dangerous Animals

3: Statutory Liability for Straying Livestock

4: Fencing and Straying Animals

5: Animals and the Highway

6: General Liability at Common Law

7: Special Provisions Relating to Dogs

Appendix

The Animals Act 1971

Peter North, Former Door Tenant, Essex Court, Former Principal of Jesus College and Vice Chancellor, University of Oxford

Sir Peter North, Formerly Principal of Jesus College, University of Oxford, is the Editor of Cheshire North & Fawcett: Private International Law (OUP, 2008) and an internationally renowned legal scholar.

"North should be the first source for any practitioner with a case on liability for animals. The book is exhaustive, authoritative, a model of clarity and elegantly written." - WVH Rogers, School of Law, University of Nottingham

"This is a clear, analytical and indeed rather compelling work, frequently enlivened by fascinating cases." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers.