Clerk & Lindsell on Torts, part of the Common Law Library series, is an essential reference tool in Tort Law and is widely referred to by practitioners and cited by the judiciary.
This 2nd Supplement updates the 24th edition, which published in 2023, with new developments and case law, including:
- Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police on duties of care and omissions.
- Byrne v Motorsport Vision Racing Ltd on occupiers’ liability.
- Hassam v Rabot on damages and the whiplash tariff.
- Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd on the illegality defence in tort.
- Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd (No 2) on nuisance and statutory authority.
- Lifestyle Equities CV v Ahmed on accessory liability and the economic torts.
- Harcombe v Associated Newspapers Ltd on meaning in defamation, and also the effect of the Media Act 2024.
- Adams v Amazon Digital UK Ltd on privacy.
- George v Cannell on malicious falsehood.
- Afriyie v Commissioner of Police for the City of London on police liability.
- Calor Gas Ltd v Walsall Gas Cylinders Ltd on conversion and the property torts.
- MBR Acres Ltd v Curtin on trespass and injunctions.
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Contents:
- 1. Principles of Liability in Tort
- 2. Causation and Remoteness: General Principles
- 3. General Defences
- 4. Joint Liability and Contribution
- 5. Capacity and Parties
- 6. Vicarious Liability
- 7. Negligence
- 8. Breach of Statutory Duty
- 9. Professional Liability
- 10. Product Liability and Consumer Protection
- 11. Occupiers’ Liability and Defective Premises
- 12. Employers’ Liability
- 13. Public Service Liability
- 14. Trespass to the Person and Harassment
- 15. Malicious Prosecution and Malicious Abuse of Process
- 16. Wrongful Interference with Goods
- 17. Deceit
- 18. Trespass to Land and Dispossession
- 19. Nuisance, Rylands v Fletcher and Similar Liabilities
- 20. Animals
- 21. Defamation
- 22. Malicious Falsehood
- 23. Economic Torts
- 24. Passing Off
- 25. Breach of Confidence and Privacy
- 26. Damages
- 27. Injunctions
- 28. Self-Help
- 29. Discharge of Torts
- 30. Limitation
