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Clerk & Lindsell on Torts 24th ed with 2nd Supplement

Clerk & Lindsell on Torts 24th ed with 2nd Supplement

Author: Michael A. Jones; Anthony M Dugdale; Mark Simpson
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414122994

Previous Edition ISBN: 9780414114128
Published In: August 2025
Format: Hardback + Paperback , 2397 pages
Jurisdiction: Commonwealth, U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Clerk & Lindsell on Torts, one of our flagship titles and part of the Common Law Library series, is an essential reference tool in Tort Law which is widely referred to by practitioners and cited by the judiciary.

Key Features:

Provides unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage on all areas of tort law.
Includes fully updated and detailed chapters.
Covers all areas of tort, from joint liability and vicarious liability to capacity and parties, from negligence to breach of statutory duty and professional liability, and from product liability and occupiers’ liability to employers’ liability and public service liability.
Considers all heads of liability with regard to the relevant human rights issues.
Sets out the general principles of liability and causation.
Explains in detail general defences, such as claimant’s wrongdoing, consent and assumption of risk, and exclusion of liability and miscellaneous defences.
Deals extensively with damages and other remedies including injunctions.
Covers limitation in detail.

New material in the Second Supplement to the Twenty-Fourth Edition:

Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police on duties of care and omissions.
Byrne v Motorsport Vision Racing Ltd on occupiers’ liability.
Hassam v Rabot on damages and the whiplash tariff.
Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd on the illegality defence in tort.
Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd (No 2) on nuisance and statutory authority.
Lifestyle Equities CV v Ahmed on accessory liability and the economic torts.
Harcombe v Associated Newspapers Ltd on meaning in defamation, and also the effect of the Media Act 2024.
Adams v Amazon Digital UK Ltd on privacy.
George v Cannell on malicious falsehood.
Afriyie v Commissioner of Police for the City of London on police liability.
Calor Gas Ltd v Walsall Gas Cylinders Ltd on conversion and the property torts.
MBR Acres Ltd v Curtin on trespass and injunctions.

Chapter 1: Principles of Liability in Tort;
Chapter 2: Causation in Tort: General Principles;
Chapter 3: General Defences;
Chapter 4: Joint Liability and Contribution;
Chapter 5: Capacity and Parties;
Chapter 6: Vicarious Liability;
Chapter 7: Negligence;
Chapter 8: Breach of Statutory Duty;
Chapter 9: Professional Liability;
Chapter 10: Product Liability and Consumer Protection;
Chapter 11: Occupiers’ Liability and Defective Premises;
Chapter 12: Employers’ Liability;
Chapter 13: Public Service Liability;
Chapter 14: Trespass to the Person;
Chapter 15: Malicious Prosecution;
Chapter 16: Wrongful Interference with Goods;
Chapter 17: Deceit;
Chapter 18: Trespass to Land and Dispossession;
Chapter 19: Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher;
Chapter 20: Animals;
Chapter 21: Defamation;
Chapter 22: Malicious Falsehood;
Chapter 23: Economic Torts;
Chapter 24: Statutory Intellectual Property Rights;
Chapter 25: Passing off;
Chapter 26: Breach of Confidence and Privacy;
Chapter 27: Damages;
Chapter 28: Injunctions;
Chapter 29: Self-Help;
Chapter 30: Discharge of Torts;
Chapter 31: Limitation