Table of Contents

1: Introduction
Part I. The Tort of Negligence
2: Duty of care: basic principles
3: Special duty problems: omissions and acts of third parties
4: Special duty problems: psychiatric harm
5: Special duty problems: public bodies
6: Special duty problems: economic loss
7: Breach of duty: the standard of care
8: Causation and remoteness of damage
9: Defences to negligence
Part II. Special Liability Regimes
10: Occupiers' liability
11: Product liability
12: Breach of statutory duty
Part III. The Personal Torts
13: Intentional interferences with the person
14: Invasion of privacy
15: Defamation
Part IV. The Land Torts
16: Trespass to land and nuisance
17: Actions under the rule in Rylands v Fletcher
Part V. Liability, Damages and Limitations
18: Vicarious liability
19: Damages for death and personal injuries

About the Author

Kirsty Horsey is Senior Lecturer in Law at Kent Law School, teaching contract and tort law to undergraduate students across all years. Her research interests lie in the overlap of medical and family law, particularly in the area of assisted reproduction, and in public bodies' liability for negligence. Erika Rackley is a Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests are broadly in the field of feminism, gender and law, particularly in
relation to judicial diversity and the legal regulation of pornography. Her research has shaped and informed policy and public debate and has been discussed by the UK and Scottish governments, in The
Guardian, and on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour and Law in Action.

Reviews

Suitably rigorous for second year students, whilst written in a comprehensive style.
*Tina Hart, University of Huddersfield*

This casebook strikes a good balance between explaining the law, quoting from key cases, and providing critical commentary on the cases and the way the law is developing.
*Mariette Jones, Middlesex University*