Written by two leading scholars, Tort Law, 7^th edition,provides a comprehensive and easily accessible account of all areas of tort law, as well as discussion of the key academic debates and literature in this subject. It is ideal for use by anyone studying tort law or private law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Table of cases

Table of statutes, statutory instruments and conventions

1. Tort law in a nutshell
2. Trespass to the personl
3. Claims in negligence
4. Duty of care (1) – introduction
5. Duty of care (2) – physical injury cases
6. Duty of care (3) – psychiatric illness cases
7. Duty of care (4) – property damage cases
8. Duty of care (5) – pure economic loss cases
9. Duty of care (6) – other cases
10. Breach of duty
11. Causation (1) – the standard tests
12. Causation (2) – exceptions to the standard tests
13. Actionability
14. Occupiers' liability
15. Product and building liability
16. Property torts (1) – trespass to land
17. Property torts (2) – private nuisance
18. Liability for dangerous things
19. Property torts (3) – torts to personal property
20. Defamation
21. Invasion of privacy
22. Abusive torts
23. Economic torts
24. Criminal torts
25. Remedies (1) – defences
26. Remedies (2) – compensatory damages
27. Remedies (3) – non-compensatory damages
28. Remedies (4) – injunctions
29. Remedies (5) – who can sue?
30. Remedies (6) – who can be sued?

Appendix A Tort law and human rights

Appendix B Loss compensation schemes

Appendix C Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1

Index

Written by two leading scholars, Tort Law, 7^th edition,provides a comprehensive and easily accessible account of all areas of tort law, as well as discussion of the key academic debates and literature in this subject. It is ideal for use by anyone studying tort law or private law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Extensively updated, and now with a companion website, this edition covers all important case-law and legislative developments, including:

• detailed accounts of significant UK Supreme Court decisions on the law of negligence (Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, N v Poole BC, HXA v Surrey CC and Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust)
• the law of private nuisance (Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery)
• the law on vicarious liability (Various Claimants v Barclays Bank, Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets, BXB v Barry Congregation)
• discussions of statutory developments around building safety and digital assets.

Nicholas J. McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge; he was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Roderick Bagshaw is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford

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• Comprehensive coverage of all tort law principles necessary for their course.
• A clear, engaging text that reflects the knowledge of two leading scholars on the subject.
• In-depth discussions of academic literature on the subject which allows them to critically evaluate existing law.
• Hypothetical examples and scenarios throughout that demonstrate complex ideas.
• Further online resources, giving students much more detailed knowledge of the caselaw and events that have helped to shape tort law in the last 20 years, and suggestions for further reading.

• Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery on the law of private nuisance.
• Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, N v Poole BC, and HXA v Surrey CC on finding duties of care in negligence, and the liability of public authorities.
• Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, on recovery for psychiatric illness in negligence.
• Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton and Meadows v Khan on the SAAMCO principle.
• ZXC v Bloomberg on the law on invasion of privacy.
• Various Claimants v Barclays Bank and Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets, on vicarious liability.