Principles of Tort Law

Rachael Mulheron is a professor at the Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London, where she has taught since 2004. Her principal fields of academic research concern tort law and class actions jurisprudence. She publishes regularly in the field of tort-related litigation, and has regularly been nominated for the Drapers' Teaching Award during her tenure at Queen Mary. Professor Mulheron is a member of the Civil Justice Council of England and Wales and participates in working parties relating to collective actions, third party funding and contingency fee law reform.

Foreword; Preface; How to use this book; Table of cases; Table of legislation; List of abbreviations; Notes on mode of citation; 1. The role of modern tort law; Part I. Negligence: 2. Duty I: general principles governing duty of care; 3. Duty II: particular duty scenarios; 4. Duty III: pure economic loss; 5. Duty IV: pure psychiatric injury; 6. Breach I: the standard of care; 7. Breach II: proving negligence; 8. Causation of damage; 9. Remoteness of damage; 10. Defences; 11. Remedies; Part II. Specific Negligence Regimes: 12. Occupiers' liability; 13. Public authority liability; AN. Liability for animals; DP. Defective products; EM. Employers' liability; Part III. Other Selected Torts: 14. Trespass to the person; 15. Defamation; 16. Private nuisance; 17. The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher; HA. The statutory tort of harassment; PR. Privacy; PU, Public nuisance; SD. Breach of statutory duty; WD. The rule in Wilkinson v. Downton; Part IV. Miscellaneous: 18. Vicarious liability; BE. The beginning and end of liability; MD. Multiple defendants; Index.