Brief Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of cases
Tables of statutes, statutory instruments and European legislation

1 Tort law: an introduction
2 Negligence: elements of the tort
3 Negligence: causation, defences, limitation and criticism
4 Negligence: psychiatric injury
5 Negligence: economic loss
6 Negligence: public bodies
7 Employers’ liability
8 Occupiers’ liability
9 Product liability
10 Breach of statutory duty
11 Defamation
12 Privacy
13 Nuisance
14 The rule in Rylands v Fletcher
15 Trespass to land
16 Trespass to the person
17 Joint and several liability
18 Vicarious liability
19 Remedies in tort

Appendix: Answering examination questions
Glossary
Index