Contents
Part 1 - The Structure of the Modern Law of Negligence
Chapter 1 - Liability for carelessness
A. The changing fortunes of foreseeability
B. The language of the modern law
C. Omissions
D. The erosion of traditional immunities
E. Factors which can limit liability
F. Psychiatric damage
Chapter 2 - Evaluation of conduct
A. Foreseeability and objectivity
B. The measurement of risk
C. Care and its quality
D. Proof of negligence
Chapter 3 - Causation and remoteness
A. Introduction
B. Nature of loss and measure of damages
C. The foreseeability test
D. Intervening act by the claimant
E. Intervention by third parties
Part 2 - Negligence and Economic Interests
Chapter 4 - Liability for negligent misstatement
A. The impact of Hedley Byme
B. Establishing liability
C. Claims by third parties
D. Omissions
E. Public policy
F. Disclaimers of liability
G. Contributory negligence
Chapter 5 - Financial loss caused by careless acts
A. The background to the modern law
B. Economic loss resulting from undamaged products
C. Where the claimant suffers economic loss which is consequential upon
injury or damage to a third party
D. Assumption of responsibility
E. Other cases of economic loss
Part 3 - Professional Negligence
Chapter 6 - General principles
A. The Bolam test
B. State of knowledge
C. Errors of judgment
D. Where no negligence required
E. Denial of duty
Chapter 7 - Clinical negligence
A. Difficulties of proof
B. Standard of care
C. Relevance of common practice
D. Questions of fact
E. Where there are differing professional schools of thought
F. The duty to warn
Chapter 8 - Lawyers
A. End of the advocate's immunity
B. Types of claim
C. Tort and contract
D. Liability to third parties
E. Nature of a solicitor's contractual duty
F. Acting for separate parties
G. Counting the cost
Chapter 9 - Property and finance
A. Land, valuation, and construction
B. Financial services
Part 4 - Land use Liability in Negligence and Nuisance
Chapter 10 - Liability of occupiers
A. The scope of 'occupation'
B. Liability to visitors
C. Liability to persons other than visitors
D. Access under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
E. Exclusion of liability
F. When the Acts do not apply
G. The Defective Premises Act 1972, s 4
Chapter 11 - Duties to neighbouring occupiers
A. Negligence and private nuisance
B. The test of reasonableness in land use cases
C. Fault and foreseeability
D. Who can claim?
E. Defendants and the extent of liability
Chapter 12 - Interference with comfort and enjoyment
A. The establishing of liability
B. Noise and vibration
C. Fumes, dust and smell
D. Further situations
E. Light
F. Air
Chapter 13 - Physical damage to land and buildings
A. Introduction
B. Nature of damage
C. Natural agencies
D. Strict liability and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher
E. Role of foreseeability
F. Nuisance and rights of support
Chapter 14 - Public Nuisance
A. Nature and scope of public nuisance
B. Damages and liability
C. Relevance of fault
Part 5 - Negligence Against a Statutory Background
Chapter 15 - Negligence and the exercise of statutory powers
A. The problem of discretion
B. Justiciability
C. Applying negligence principles
D. Liability at policy level
E. Protecting from harm inflicted by third parties
F. Summary of negligence and the exercise of statutory powers
Chapter 16 - The action for breach of statutory duty
A. The nature of liability
B. The scope of the Act
C. Defences and relationship with criminal liability
D. Reform?
Part 6 - Employers' Liability
Chapter 17 - Employers' liability to their employees
A. Nature of the common law duty
B. Stress
C. Safe system of work
D. Statutory duties
E. Relationship between statutory and common law duties
Chapter 18 - Vicarious liability
A. Introduction
B. Who is an 'employee'?
C. The course of employment
D. Independent contractors
E. 'Agents'
Part 7 - Defective Products
Chapter 19 - The common law
A. Background
B. The duty
C. Intermediate inspection
D. Proof of negligence
E. Economic loss
Chapter 20 - Strict liability by statute
A. European background
B. Strict liability
C. Defences
D. Remedies
E. Evaluation
Part 8 - Defences
Chapter 21 - Assumption of risk
A. Scope of the concept
B. Relationship with the duty of care
Chapter 22 - Contribution and exclusion
A. Scope of the chapter
B. Contributory negligence
C. Contribution between wrongdoers
D. Exclusion of liability
Chapter 23 - Defences in nuisance
A. Introduction
B. Statutory authorisation
C. Act of a third party
D. Act of God
E. 'Coming to the nuisance'
F. Assumption of risk and contributory negligence
G. Prescription
H. Others contribute'
I. 'Defendant unable to remedy'
Part 9 - Damages and their Assessment
Chapter 24 - The making of awards in personal injury cases
A. Heads of damage
B. Mitigation
C. Subsequent events
D. Allowing for deterioration
E. Interest
F. Fraudulent Claims
Chapter 25 - Damages recoverable for personal injury
A. Non-pecuniary loss
B. Financial loss
C. Cost of care
D. Periodical Payments
Chapter 26 - Cases involving death
A. Survival of causes of action
B. Claims by dependants
C. Damages for bereavement
Chapter 27 - Property damage and other losses
A. Damage to chattels
B. Loss of use
C. Land and buildings
D. Nuisance
D. New areas of recovery
Chapter 28 - Limitation of actions
A. General principles
B. Personal injuries
C. Concealment of the cause of action
D. Latent damage in cases other than personal injury
E. Reform?
Part 10 Nuisance: Redress for Continuing Interference
Chapter 29 - Injunctions
A. Introduction
B. Exercise of the discretion
C. Quia timet injunctions
D. Mandatory injunctions
E. Damages in lieu of injunction
F. Procedure
G. Limitations on availability
Chapter 30 - Abatement of nuisance
A. Introduction
B. Scope and requirements
C. Loss or damage inflicted during abatement
D. Abatement of public nuisances
E. Abatement after refusal of equitable relief
Part 11 - Tort, the State and the Future
Chapter 31 - Insurance and state provision
A. Introduction
B. The role of insurance
C. Injury at work
D. Vaccine damage
E. Criminal injuries
Chapter 32 - Reform?
A. Criticisms of the existing system
B. Various proposals for reform
C. Negligence under attack?
D. Conclusions - the future of reform
Index

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