Casebook on Torts »

Richard Kidner is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is also the author of the OUP Statutes on Employment Law, and is a regular contributor to journals and other publications, as well as being an Arbitrator for ACAS.

Richard Kidner's well-established Casebook on Torts is an essential casebook for students of tort law. The case selection for this book has been based upon the standard cases, and the extracts outline the reasoning behind the judicial decisions made. The extracts are accompanied by concise author commentary focusing the reader on the key elements and encouraging in-depth analysis of the primary materials.

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Table of Cases

Table of Statutes

Table of Foreign Legislation

Table of Treaties and Conventions

Table of European Secondary Legislation

1 Introduction 1

2 Negligence: The Basic Principles of Duty of Care 10

3 Breach of Duty: The Standard of Care 35

4 Causation and Remoteness of Damage 58

5 Special Duty Problems: Omissions 85

6 Special Duty Problems: Exercise of Statutory Powers 89

7 Special Duty Problems: Psychiatric Injury 104

8 Special Duty Problems: Statements, Services and Economic Loss 118

9 Special Duty Problems: Acts and Economic Loss 142

10 Special Duty Problems: Contract and Duty of Care 153

11 Special Duty Problems: Defective Structures 165

12 Special Duty Problems: Unborn Children, Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth 173

13 Defences to Negligence 180

14 Damages for Death and Personal Injuries 200

15 Vicarious Liability 219

16 Breach of Statutory Duty 241

17 Product Liability 247

18 Occupiers' Liability 265

19 Nuisance 290

20 Liability for the Escape of Dangerous Things 322

21 Animals 338

22 Trespass to the Person 347

23 Trespass to Land 362

24 Wrongful Interference with Goods 371

25 Defamation 384

26 Privacy and the Intentional Infliction of Distress 434

Index 463