Torts

Alastair Mullis is Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law at the University of Leeds, UK. He has written widely on the subject of Tort Law, particularly on the law of defamation, and he is the joint General Editor of Gatley Libel and Slander. Ken Oliphant is Professor of Tort Law at the University of Bristol, UK. His many writings in the area include the revision and updating of the title on Tort for the fifth edition of Halsbury's Laws of England. Sandy Steel is a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Wadham College, University of Oxford, UK. For his article 'Justifying Exceptions to Proof of Causation in Tort Law', he was awarded the Modern Law Review's Wedderburn Prize in 2016, and his work has been cited by the UK Supreme Court and the High Court of Australia.

Based on 4th edition: Preface.- Table of Cases.- Table of Statutes.- Introduction.- PART I: THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE.- Introduction.- The Duty of Care Concept.- Nervous Shock.- Economic Loss.- Omissions.- Special Duty Problems: Particular Parties.- Breach of the Duty of Care.- Causation.- Remoteness of Damage.- Defences.- PART II: INTERFERENCE WITH THE PERSON AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.- Interference with the Person and Personal Property.- Occupiers' Liability.- Product Liability.- Breach of Statutory Duty.- Trespass to the Person.- PART III: INTERFERENCE WITH LAND.- Introduction.- Private Nuisance.- The Rule in Rylands v. Fletcher.- PART IV: INTERFERENCE WITH REPUTATION.- Defamation .- Privacy.- PART V: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TORTIOUS LIABILITY.- Vicarious Liability and Joint Torts.- Remedies.