Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction
1: Overview of tort law
Part II. Negligent invasions of personal, property, and financial interests
2: Duty of care I: foundational principles
3: Duty of care II: recognised harm
4: Duty of care III: public authorities
5: Breach of duty
6: Causation and remoteness
7: Defences to negligence
8: Liability for defective premises and structures
Part III. Intentional invasions of interests in the person and property
9: Trespass to the person and related torts
10: Wrongful interference with goods
11: Trespass to land
12: Defences to intentional torts against the person or property
Part IV. Interference with economic and intellectual property interests
13: Background to the protection of economic and intellectual property interests
14: False representations
15: The general economic torts
Part V. Torts involving strict or stricter liability
16: Product liability
17: Nuisance
18: The rule in Rylands v Fletcher
19: Breach of statutory duty
Part VI. Interests in reputation: defamation
20: Defamation: foundational principles
21: Defences and remedies in defamation
Part VII. Misuse of private information
22: Misuse of private information
Part VIII. Misuse of process and public powers
23: Misuse of process and public powers
Part IX. Parties and remedies
24: Vicarious liability
25: Capacity and parties
26: Remedies: basic principles
27: Principles of compensation for personal injuries and associated losses
Appendix
Additional chapter on ORC: Animals

About the Author

Christian Witting is Professor of Law at the University of Exeter and a Fellow of the European Centre for Tort and Insurance Law, Vienna. He is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia, formerly in service with the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department. Witting is the author of Liability for Negligent Misstatements (OUP) and of highly regarded articles on tort law and company law.

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Dr Peter Whelan, Associate Professor in Law, University of Leeds