Table of Contents
Foreword to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
How to use this book
Table of cases
Table of legislation
List of abbreviations
Notes on mode of citation
1. The role of modern tort law
Part I. Negligence:
2. Duty I – general principles governing duty of care
3. Duty II – particular duty scenarios
4. Duty III – pure economic loss
5. Duty IV – pure psychiatric injury
6. Breach I – the standard of care
7. Breach II – proving negligence
8. Causation of damage
9. Remoteness of damage
10. Defences
11. Remedies
Part II. Specific Negligence Regimes:
12. Occupiers' liability
13. Public authority liability
Part III. Other Selected Torts:
14. Trespass to the person
15. Defamation
16. Private nuisance
17. The rule in Rylands vs Fletcher
Part IV. Miscellaneous:
18. Vicarious liability
Index.
Rachael Mulheron, Queen Mary University of London
Rachael Mulheron is Professor of Tort Law and Civil Justice at the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, where she has taught since 2004. Her principal fields of academic research concern tort law, medical negligence law, civil justice, and class actions jurisprudence. Rachael has published regularly in the field of tort-related litigation. Rachael was a member of the Civil Justice Council of England and Wales, the jurisdiction's law reform civil advisory body, 2009–18, and now undertakes the role of Research Consultant for that entity. During and since her tenure on the CJC, Rachael has chaired or participated in several working parties relating to collective actions, third party funding, and contingency fee law reform. Prior to her academic career, Rachael practised as a litigation solicitor in Brisbane, Australia.