McBride and Bagshaw: Tort Law

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Acknowledgments ..

Preface: The Tort Wars........................................................................ .. ..

Notes on Style................................................................................................................

The McBride & Bagshaw Website . ...

Table of Cases .. .

Table of Statutes, Statutory Instruments and Conventions ...



PART I. THE PROVINCE OF TORT LAW



1. What is a Tort? ..

2. An Overview of Tort Law .. ..

3. Tort Law and its Critics .. ..



PART II. TORTS



A. NEGLIGENCE

Introduction .. .. .. .. ...

4. Duties of Care: An Introduction ...

5. The Legacy of Donoghue v Stevenson .

6. The Principle in Hedley Byrne and Associated Principles ...

7. Situations Giving Rise to a Duty to Act ...

8. Statuses Giving Rise to a Duty to Act . .

9. Duties of Care: Evaluation of the Current Law..... .. .

10. Breach of Duty .. ..





B. RIGHTS-BASED TORTS



Introduction ... ... .

11. Assault and Battery .

12. False Imprisonment .

13. Defamation . .

14. Harassment ..

15. Invasion of Privacy .

16. Conversion ..

17. Trespass to Goods ...

18. Trespass to Land .

19. Private Nuisance .



C. THE ECONOMIC TORTS



Introduction ...

20. Inducing a Breach of Contract

21. Intentional Infliction of Harm by Unlawful Means.. . .

22. Conspiracy........................ . .

23. Torts Involving the Deception of Others



D. OTHER TORTS



24. Torts Involving the Misuse of Power .

25. Torts Involving the Breach of a Statutory Duty .. ...





PART III: REMEDIES



A. COMPENSATORY DAMAGES: BASIC PRINCIPLES



Introduction ... . ...

26. Limits on the Right to Sue . .

27. Causation of Loss .. ..

28. Actionability ...

29. Quantification of Loss

30. Reduction in Liability .





B. COMPENSATORY DAMAGES: THIRD PARTIES



Introduction ...

31. Liability to Third Parties .

32. Accessory Liability .

33. Vicarious Liability ..





C. NON-COMPENSATORY