Tort Law

Nicholas J. McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge; he was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Roderick Bagshaw is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Brief contents Table of cases

Table of statutes, statutory instruments and conventions



Tort law in a nutshell
Trespass to the personl
Claims in negligence
Duty of care (1) – introduction
Duty of care (2) – physical injury cases
Duty of care (3) – psychiatric illness cases
Duty of care (4) – property damage cases
Duty of care (5) – pure economic loss cases
Duty of care (6) – other cases
Breach of duty
Causation (1) – the standard tests
Causation (2) – exceptions to the standard tests
Actionability
Occupiers' liability
Product and building liability
Property torts (1) – trespass to land
Property torts (2) – private nuisance
Liability for dangerous things
Property torts (3) – torts to personal property
Defamation
Invasion of privacy
Abusive torts
Economic torts
Criminal torts
Remedies (1) – defences
Remedies (2) – compensatory damages
Remedies (3) – non-compensatory damages
Remedies (4) – injunctions
Remedies (5) – who can sue?
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