Law Of Tort

Roger Caldwell

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This latest book in the Emerald law Series, Guide to the Law of Tort, second edition, by Roger Caldwell, is the perfect introductory text to this complicated area dealing with negligence generally and liability for negligence and breach of duty.

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• Publié par: Straightforward Publishing
• Date de parution: 25 octobre 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781847168108
• Langue: English

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GUIDE TO THE LAW OF TORT
Roger Caldwell


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Straightforward Publishing 2017
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Contents
List of cases
Introduction
Ch.1 Negligence and Duty of Care-Breach of Duty
Key definition of negligence
The duty of care-establishment of a duty
The neighbour principle
Pure economic loss
Contributory negligence
Third party reliance
Negligent acts
Damage to third party property
Defective property
Psychiatric illness
Omissions
Exceptions to the rule
Rescue services
Public bodies
Negligence-breach of duty
Special standards of care
Magnitude of the risk
Characteristics of the defendant
Children
Professionals
Evidence of negligence
Ch.2 Negligence-Causation of Damage
Causation
Remoteness of damage
Manner of occurrence
Type of damage
Extent of damage
Intervening causes
Interventions of a third party
Intervening natural force
Ch.3 Contributory Negligence
Causation
Children
Old or infirm persons
Rescuers
Apportionment
Violenti non fit injuria
Knowledge of the risk
Agreement
Car passengers
Rescuers
Ex Turpi Causa
Ch.4 Employers Liability
Amendments to the law of strict liability
Nature of the duty
Safe plant and equipment
Safe system of work
Safe premises
Scope of the duty
Ch.5 Vicarious Liability
Who is an employee?
The control test
The organisation and integration test
Joint liability
Independent contractors
Vehicle owners
Ch.6 Occupiers liability
Who is an occupier?
The premises
Visitors
Exclusions
Common duty of care
Children
Special skills
Independent contractors
Defences
The Occupiers Liability Act 1984
The scope of the duty
Defences
Exclusion notices
Independent contractors and trespassers
Breach of statutory duty
Duty owed to the claimant
Defendant and breach of duty
Damage of the contemplated type
Causation
Ch.7 Liability for dangerous/Defective Goods
The meaning of defect
Definition of damage
Defences
Common law negligence
The duty of manufacturers
Manufacturer and ultimate consumer
Proof of negligence and damage
Ch.8 Nuisance
Private nuisance
Unreasonable interference
Degree of interference
Nature of the locality
Social utility
Abnormal sensitivity
State of affairs
Intentional annoyance
Damage
Who is liable?
Person creating the nuisance
The occupier
Trespassers
The landlord
The Human Rights Act 1988
Public nuisance
Public and private nuisance
Nuisance on the highway
Remedies for nuisance
Ch.9 Defamation
Defamation Defined
The Defamation Act 2013
Why was the Act introduced?
Changes to the Law
Libel and slander
What must be proved
Reference to the claimant
Publication
Innocent publication
Defences
Honest opinion
Privilege
Absolute privilege
Qualified privilege
Remedies-Damages
Injunction
Ch.10 Strict Liability
The rule in Rylands v Fletcher 1868
Escape
Defences
Act of a stranger
Consent of the claimant
Default of the claimant
The escape of fire
Statute
Ch.11 Liability for Animals
Strict liability for dangerous animals
Dangerous species of animals
Animals not belonging to a dangerous species
The keeper
Defences
Dogs attacking livestock
Straying livestock
Other
The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
Index
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List of cases
Chapter 1-Negligence and duty of care
Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire (HL 1991)
Anns v Merton London Borough Council (HL 1978)
Attia v British Gas plc (CA 1988)
Blythe v Birmingham Waterworks Co 1856
Bolam v Friern Barnet Hospital Management Committee (HC 1957)
Bolton v Stone (HL 1951)
Bourhill v Young 1943
Caparo Industries PLC v Dickman 1990
Davis v Radcliffe 1990
Donoghue v Stevenson (HL 1932)
Gorham v British Telecommunications plc (CA 2000)
Gorley v Codd (HC 1967)
Gorringe v Calderdale 2004
Hall v Brooklands Auto Racing Club 1933
Harris v Wyre Forest District Council 1989
Hedley Byrne and Co v Heller and Partners 1964 24
Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Co Ltd (HL 1983)
Mullin v Richards (CA 1998)
Murphy v Brentwood District Council (HL 1990)
Paris v Stepney Borough Council (HL 1951)
Rimmer v Liverpool City Council (CA 1984)
Scott v London and St Katherines Docks Co (1865)
Smith v Eric S Bush 1989
Spring v Guardian Assurance plc (HL 1994)
Stovin and Wise (HL 1996)
Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police (CA 1996)
Watson v British Boxing Board of Control 2001
White v Jones 1995
Whitehouse v Jordan (HL 1981)
X (Minors) v Bedfordshire County Council (HL 1995)
Chapter 2-Negligence and causation
Baker v Willoughby (HL 1970)
Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee (HC 1969)
Bradford v Robinson Rentals (HC 1967)
Carslogie Steamship Co Ltd v Royal Norwegian Government (HL 1952)
Cork v Kirby Maclean 1952
Dorest Yacht Co Ltd v Home Office (HL 1970)
Doughty v Turner Manufacturing Co Ltd (CA 1964)
Hotson v East Berkshire Health Authority (HL 1987)
Hughes v Lord Advocate (HL 1963)
Jobling v Associated Dairies Limited (HL 1980)
McGhee v National Coal Board (HL 1972)
McKew v Holland (HL 1969)
Meah v McCreamer (HC 1985)
Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound) 1961
Re Polemis and Furness, Withy and Co (CA 1921)
Smith v Leech Brain and Co Ltd (HC 1962)
Tremain v Pike (HC 1969)
Vacwell Engineering Co Ltd v B.D.H. Chemicals Limited (CA 1971)
Chapter 3-Contributory Negligence
Brandon v Osborne, Garret and Co Ltd (HC 1924)
Chadwick v British Transport Commissioner (HC 1967)
Clunis v Camden Health Authority (CA 1998)
Froom v Butcher (1976)
Gough v Thorne (CA 1966)
Johnson v Tennant Bros Ltd (CA 1954)
Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd (CA 1952)
Morales v Ecclestone (CA 1991)
Morris v Murray (CA 1990)
Stanton v Collinson (2009)
Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (CA 2001)
Watson v British Boxing Board of Control (2001)
Wooldridge v Sumner (CA 1963)
Chapter 4-Employers Liability
Bux v Slough Metals Ltd (CA 1973)
Davie v New Merton Board Mills Ltd (HL 1959)
Hatton v Sutherland (2002)
Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority (CA 1991)
Thompsons v Smith s Ship Repairers (North Shields) Ltd (HC 1984)
Walker v Northumberland County Council (HC 1995)
Waters v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2000)
Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co Ltd v English (HL 1938)
Wilson v Tyneside Cleaning (CA 1958)
Chapter 5-Vicarious Liability
Beard v London General Omnibus Co (CA 1900)
Century Insurance Co Ltd v Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (HL 1952)
Kay v ITW Ltd (CA 1968)
Launchbury v Morgans (HL 1973)
Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd (HL 2001)
Mattis v Pollock (Flamingo Nightclub) (CA 2003)
Redland Mixed Concrete Ltd v Minister of Pensions 1968
Staton v National Coal Board (HC 1957)
Yewen v Noakes 1880
Chapter 6-Occupiers liability
AMF International Ltd v Magnet Bowling Ltd (HC 1968)
Ashdown v Samuel Williams and Sons (CA 1956)
Buckland v Guildford Gas Light and Coke Co (HC 1949)
Cullen v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (HL 2003)
Donaghey v Boulton and Paul Limited (HL 1968)
Ginty v Belmont Building Supplies Ltd (HC 1959)
Gorris v Scott 1874
Hartley v Mayoh and Co (CA 1954)
Lowery v Walker (HL 1911)
Rathcliffe v McDonnell (CA 1999)
Revell v Newberry (CA 1996)
Rhind v Astbury 2004
Roles v Nathan (CA 1963)
Sole v W.J. Hallt Ltd (HC 1973)
Titchener v BRB 1983
Chapter 7-Liability for dangerous/Defective Goods
A and Others v National Blood Authority 2001
Andrews v Hopkinson (HC 1957)
Donoghue v Stevenson (HL 1932)
Malfront v Noxal Ltd (HC 1935)
Stennet v Hancock and Peters (HC 1939)
Chapter 8-Nuisance
Adams v Ursell (HC 1913)
Castle v St Augustine s Links (HC 1922)
Crown River Cruises Ltd v Kimbolton Fireworks Ltd (HC 1996)
Eastern and South African Telegraph Limited v Cape Town Tramways Co Ltd (PC 1902)
Goldman v Hargrove (PC 1967)
Halsey v Esso Petroleum Ltd (HC 1961)
Hussain v Lancaster City Council (CA 1999)
London Borough of Wandsworth v Railtrack plc (CA 2001)
Marcic v Thames Water Authorities (HL 2003)
Miller v Jackson (CA 1977)
Murdoch v Glacier Metal Co Ltd (CA 1998)
Robinson v Kivert (CA 1889)
Sedleigh-Denfield v O Callaghan Ltd (HL 1940)
Smith v Scott Ltd (HC 1973)
Spicer v Smee (HC 1946)
St Helens Smelting Co Ltd v Tipping (HL 1865)
Tarry v Ashton (HC 1876)
Thompson-Schwab v Costaki (CA 1956)
Walter v Selfe (HC 1851)
Chapter 9-Defamation
Berkoff v Burchill (CA 1996)
Bunt v Tilley (2007)
Bonnard v Perryman (1891)
Byrne v Dean (CA 1937)
Charleston v News Group Newspapers Ltd (HL 1995)
Cruddas v Adams (2013)
Godfrey v Demon Internet (1999)
Greene v Associated Newspapers (2005)
Johnson v Steele (2014)
Lowe v Associated Newspapers (2007)
Macalpine v Bercow (2012
Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1994)
Reynolds v Times Newspapers (2001)
Tamiz v Google (2013)
Watt v Longsdo