Hepple and Matthews' Tort: Cases and Materials / Martin Matthews, Colm O'Cinneide, Jonathan Morgan, Bob Hepple QC FBA, David Howarth MP

Includes index.

PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; TABLE OF STATUTES ; TABLE OF CASES ; TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS ; PART ONE: PRINCIPLES AND POLICY OF NEGLIGENCE ; 1. An action for damages in perspective ; 2. The duty of care ; 3. Duty of care: special problems ; 4. Pure economic loss ; 5. Breach of duty ; 6. Causation and remoteness of damage ; 7. Defences: contributory negligence, volenti non fit injuria, exclusion of liability and illegality and public policy ; 8. Assessment of damage ; PART TWO: SPECIFIC DUTIES AND INTERESTS ; 9. Liability for defective premises ; 10. Liability for damage caused by things ; 11. Liability for animals ; 12. Non-intentional statutory torts ; 13. Intentional interference with the person ; 14. Interference with land ; 15. Deliberate interference with interests in trade or business ; 16. Interests in reputation - defamation ; 17. Invasion of privacy ; PART THREE: LOSS DISTRIBUTION ; 18. Vicarious liability ; 19. Joint liability ; 20. Insurance and compensation ; INDEX

An extremely accessible, useful and impressive collection of cases and materials. Student Law Journal The extracts are expertly chosen and provide the necessary information without being too brief. The text, whilst being accessible, is also thought-provoking with a number of excellent questions posed at the end of extracts allowing the reader to consider an issue's wider implications. Student Law Journal I have no hesitation in recommending Hepple & Matthews' Tort: Cases and Materials to anyone interested in or studying this intriguing area of law. Its advantages are two-fold: it is written in an extremely accessible and clear way and, at the same time, encourages the reader to undertake independent research and thought.