ABSTRACT

What happens if a driver carelessly crashes into another car? Or a newspaper publishes a story which makes derogatory comments about someone? Or if a resident plays loud music every night so that their neighbour cannot get any sleep? Tort law is a collection of such misbehaviours or misadventures where the law deems it appropriate to intervene with civil remedies.

This new textbook addresses a range of the most prominent torts. The law is explained with clear writing and an accessible approach, relating the subject to everyday examples. There are key learning points to help anchor the reader’s basic understanding, and sections of analysis to guide the reader to a more advanced critical engagement. Above all, tort law is interesting, for it covers so much of our daily lives, and is a constant source of evolving litigation.

The Routledge Spotlights series brings a modern, contemporary approach to the core curriculum for the LLB and GDL, which will help students:

  • move beyond an understanding of the law;
  • refine and develop the key skills of problem-solving, evaluation and critical reasoning;
  • discover sources and suggestions for taking your study further.

By focusing on recent case law and real-world examples, Routledge Spotlights will help you shed light on the law, understand how it operates in practice, and gain a unique appreciation of the contemporary context of the subject.

This book is supported by a range of online resources developed to aid your learning, keep you up to date and help you prepare for assessments.

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

About Tort Law

chapter Chapter 2|31 pages

Negligence: Duty of Care

chapter Chapter 3|17 pages

Negligence: Breach

chapter Chapter 4|24 pages

Negligence: Causation

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

Negligence: Economic Loss

chapter Chapter 6|22 pages

Negligence: Psychiatric Injury

chapter Chapter 7|19 pages

Negligence: Liability for Omissions

chapter Chapter 8|25 pages

Negligence: Public Authorities

chapter Chapter 9|19 pages

Negligence: Defences and Remedies

chapter Chapter 10|26 pages

Employers’ Liability

chapter Chapter 11|20 pages

Occupiers’ Liability

chapter Chapter 12|32 pages

Interference with Land

chapter Chapter 13|29 pages

Interference with the Person

chapter Chapter 14|19 pages

Privacy

chapter Chapter 15|29 pages

Defamation