English Tort Law

ENGLISH TORT LAW

This book is about English Tort Law, its history, development and current state. The book is designed to complement the Wikiversity course of the same name, but can be read on its own. Each chapter begins with an outline of the topic because an understanding of the principles of tort law is necessary to place the topic in context. Where appropriate each chapter will highlight relevant case law and statutes, which may include links to other Wikimedia and external resources.

Part 1: Basic topics Introduction Negligence Duty and breach Causation and remoteness Part 2: Intermediate topics Psychiatric harm Primary victims Secondary victims Economic loss Liability for negligent mis-statement Employers liability Occupiers liability 1957 Act 1984 Act Part 3: Advanced topics Nuisance Trespass to land Trespass to the person Defamation Conversion Part 4: Appendices Bibliography Glossary Style Guide and Authors

This book is dual licensed under the GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.