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Tort Law Defences
The law of torts recognises many defences to liability. While some of these defences have been explored in detail, scant attention has been given to the theoretical foundations of …
Reconceptualising Strict Liability for the Tort of Another
This book adopts a novel approach to resolving the present difficulties experienced by the courts in imposing strict liability for the tort of another. It looks beyond the …
A Theory of Tort Liability
This book provides a comprehensive theory of the rights upon which tort law is based and the liability that flows from violating those rights. Inspired by the account of private …
Accessory Liability
Accessory liability in the private law is of great importance. Claimants often bring claims against third parties who participate in wrongs. For example, the ‘direct wrongdoer’ may …
Vicarious Liability
The scope of vicarious liability has significantly expanded since its original conception. Today employers are being found liable for actions of employees that they did not …
The Duty of Care in Negligence
This book aims to provide a detailed analysis and overview of the duty of care enquiry, drawing on both academic analyses and judicial experience in leading common law systems. A …
Evidential Uncertainty in Causation in Negligence
This book undertakes an analysis of academic and judicial responses to the problem of evidential uncertainty in causation in negligence. It seeks to bring clarity to what has …
Negligence and Illegality
This book examines claims in negligence arising from illegal conduct of the claimant. An array of public policy and other grounds have been advanced for resolving these claims, …
Private Law and Power
The aim of this edited collection of essays is to examine the relationship between private law and power – both the public power of the state and the ‘private’ power of …
Illegality after Patel v Mirza
In Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42, nine justices of the Supreme Court of England and Wales decided in favour of a restitutionary award in response to an unjust enrichment, despite …
The Law of Misstatements
2013 was the 50th anniversary of the House of Lords’ landmark decision in Hedley Byrne v Heller. This international collection of essays brings together leading experts from five …
Apportionment in Private Law
This collection of essays investigates the way in which modern private law apportions responsibility between multiple parties who are (or may be) responsible for the same legal …