Tort Law

Brief contents

Table of cases

Table of statutes, statutory instruments and conventions

1. Tort law in a nutshell
2. Trespass to the personl
3. Claims in negligence
4. Duty of care (1) - introduction
5. Duty of care (2) - physical injury cases
6. Duty of care (3) - psychiatric illness cases
7. Duty of care (4) - property damage cases
8. Duty of care (5) - pure economic loss cases
9. Duty of care (6) - other cases
10. Breach of duty
11. Causation (1) - the standard tests
12. Causation (2) - exceptions to the standard tests
13. Actionability
14. Occupiers' liability
15. Product and building liability
16. Property torts (1) - trespass to land
17. Property torts (2) - private nuisance
18. Liability for dangerous things
19. Property torts (3) - torts to personal property
20. Defamation
21. Invasion of privacy
22. Abusive torts
23. Economic torts
24. Criminal torts
25. Remedies (1) - defences
26. Remedies (2) - compensatory damages
27. Remedies (3) - non-compensatory damages
28. Remedies (4) - injunctions
29. Remedies (5) - who can sue?
30. Remedies (6) - who can be sued?

Appendix A Tort law and human rights

Appendix B Loss compensation schemes

Appendix C Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1

Index