Winfield & Jolowicz on Tort has been the leading work on the subject since the first edition was published over 90 years ago, and with the publication of this twenty-first edition it continues to be a clear, authoritative and comprehensive guide to this area of law. It is widely adopted for use by students, an invaluable resource for practitioners, and regarded in other legal systems as providing a definitive account of the English law of tort.
For this edition, the entire text has been extensively revised and the book has been restructured to make it more useful to the modern reader.
New in this edition:
- Discussion of hundreds of recent cases, including Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP, Meadows v Khan, Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (negligence); Lloyd v Google LLC and ZXC v Bloomberg LP (privacy); Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery (private nuisance); George v Cannell (malicious falsehood); BXB v Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (vicarious liability); Lifestyle Equities CV v Ahmed (accessorial liability); Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust (illegality); Marex Financial Ltd v Sevilleja (reflective loss); and Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter (limitation)
- Freestanding chapters on negligently inflicted psychiatric injury, pure economic loss, privacy and extinction of liability, as well as a new chapter introducing the tort of negligence
- Analysis of new legislation including the Building Safety Act 2022
Trusted by generations of students and practitioners throughout the common law world, Winfield & Jolowicz on Tort remains the leading textbook on the English law of tort.
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Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence is written by a mixed team of practitioners and academics.
Key Features
• Sets out comprehensively the general principles, covering duty of care and liability issues under the tort of negligence.
• Shows how the principles developed through the application of the common law and explains how the law of negligence has been applied in the UK and Commonwealth jurisdictions.
• Explains the duty to take care, when it exists, between what parties it exists and to assess quickly if a cause of action exists.
• Explains what remedies may be available, including damages, and investigates the remoteness of damage as a concept.
• Explains the burden of proof and standard of care in negligence cases.
• Demonstrates the applicable defences and discharges from liability.
• Demonstrates the standard of care principle in relation to persons professing some special skill, highways, and transport, and the employee–employer relationship.
• Provides an essential reference for every negligence case whether it is to do with personal injury (including resulting in death), property, product liability, and injury caused by animals and death.
• Differentiates between absolute and strict liability.
• Includes up-to-date statutory duties which means you will know exactly how recent changes apply.
• Shows, through a detailed analysis of case law, how the principles work in specific situations and sets out the implications of new developments to help you take a view on your particular case.
The new edition deals with several significant cases such as the following:
In the Supreme Court
• Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1.
• Armstead v Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 6.
• Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33.
• HXA v Surrey CC [2024] 1 WLR 335.
• Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v BXB [2024] A.C 567.
• Davies v Bridgend County BC [2024] UKSC 15.
• McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26.
• Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd [2022] UKSC 19.
In the Privy Council
• Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd v JP SPC 4 [2022] UKPC 18.
• Gulf View Medical Centre Ltd v Tesheira [2022] UKPC 38.
• Primeo Fund (In liquidation) v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd [2024] A.C 727.
In the Court of Appeal
• Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 138.
• White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2024] EWCA Civ 244.
• Benyatov v Credit Suisse (Securities) Europe Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 140.
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Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence is written by a mixed team of practitioners and academics.
Key Features
• Sets out comprehensively the general principles, covering duty of care and liability issues under the tort of negligence.
• Shows how the principles developed through the application of the common law and explains how the law of negligence has been applied in the UK and Commonwealth jurisdictions.
• Explains the duty to take care, when it exists, between what parties it exists and to assess quickly if a cause of action exists.
• Explains what remedies may be available, including damages, and investigates the remoteness of damage as a concept.
• Explains the burden of proof and standard of care in negligence cases.
• Demonstrates the applicable defences and discharges from liability.
• Demonstrates the standard of care principle in relation to persons professing some special skill, highways, and transport, and the employee–employer relationship.
• Provides an essential reference for every negligence case whether it is to do with personal injury (including resulting in death), property, product liability, and injury caused by animals and death.
• Differentiates between absolute and strict liability.
• Includes up-to-date statutory duties which means you will know exactly how recent changes apply.
• Shows, through a detailed analysis of case law, how the principles work in specific situations and sets out the implications of new developments to help you take a view on your particular case.
The new edition deals with several significant cases such as the following:
In the Supreme Court
• Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1.
• Armstead v Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 6.
• Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33.
• HXA v Surrey CC [2024] 1 WLR 335.
• Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v BXB [2024] A.C 567.
• Davies v Bridgend County BC [2024] UKSC 15.
• McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26.
• Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd [2022] UKSC 19.
In the Privy Council
• Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd v JP SPC 4 [2022] UKPC 18.
• Gulf View Medical Centre Ltd v Tesheira [2022] UKPC 38.
• Primeo Fund (In liquidation) v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd [2024] A.C 727.
In the Court of Appeal
• Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 138.
• White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2024] EWCA Civ 244.
• Benyatov v Credit Suisse (Securities) Europe Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 140.
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Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence is written by a mixed team of practitioners and academics.
Key Features
• Sets out comprehensively the general principles, covering duty of care and liability issues under the tort of negligence.
• Shows how the principles developed through the application of the common law and explains how the law of negligence has been applied in the UK and Commonwealth jurisdictions.
• Explains the duty to take care, when it exists, between what parties it exists and to assess quickly if a cause of action exists.
• Explains what remedies may be available, including damages, and investigates the remoteness of damage as a concept.
• Explains the burden of proof and standard of care in negligence cases.
• Demonstrates the applicable defences and discharges from liability.
• Demonstrates the standard of care principle in relation to persons professing some special skill, highways, and transport, and the employee–employer relationship.
• Provides an essential reference for every negligence case whether it is to do with personal injury (including resulting in death), property, product liability, and injury caused by animals and death.
• Differentiates between absolute and strict liability.
• Includes up-to-date statutory duties which means you will know exactly how recent changes apply.
• Shows, through a detailed analysis of case law, how the principles work in specific situations and sets out the implications of new developments to help you take a view on your particular case.
The new edition deals with several significant cases such as the following:
In the Supreme Court
• Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1.
• Armstead v Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 6.
• Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33.
• HXA v Surrey CC [2024] 1 WLR 335.
• Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v BXB [2024] A.C 567.
• Davies v Bridgend County BC [2024] UKSC 15.
• McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26.
• Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd [2022] UKSC 19.
In the Privy Council
• Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd v JP SPC 4 [2022] UKPC 18.
• Gulf View Medical Centre Ltd v Tesheira [2022] UKPC 38.
• Primeo Fund (In liquidation) v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd [2024] A.C 727.
In the Court of Appeal
• Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 138.
• White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2024] EWCA Civ 244.
• Benyatov v Credit Suisse (Securities) Europe Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 140.
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Tort Law and Practice in Hong Kong, 4th edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of the many recent developments in this ever-dynamic area of law. Chapters on negligence, defences, defamation, vicarious liability, causation, trespass to person and economic torts have been largely rewritten. There are also new sections on diseases, sports liability, road users, public authority liability, child abuse, omissions, and online defamation.
New decisions considered include:
- Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] UKSC 4 (negligence – duty of care);
- Monat Investment Ltd v All persons in occupation etc [2023] HKCA 479 (illegality defence);
- Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15 (vicarious liability);
- CCIG Investments Pty Ltd v Schokman [2023] HCA 21 (vicarious liability);
- Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4 (nuisance);
- Jonathan Lu v Paul Chan Mo Po [2018] HKCFA 11 (defamation – qualified privilege);
- Chang Wa Shan v Esther Chan Pui Kwan [2018] HKCFA 29 (malicious falsehood);
- Secretary for Justice v Persons Unlawfully and Wilfully Conducting etc [2019] HKCFI 2773 (harassment – doxxing);
- Eton Properties Ltd v 廈門新景地集團有限公司 [2020] HKCFA 32 (tort of inducing a breach of contract);
- Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] 2 WLR 417 (psychiatric injury);
- Swarnjit Kaur v Lo's Cleaning Services Ltd [2023] 3 HKLRD 629 (safe system of work)
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Tort Law in Hong Kong aims to not only provide a study text for intending lawyers, but also to be the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource available for practitioners, academics and judges in the tort law topics under consideration.
New developments in the 5th edition include:
- Greatly revised Chapter 5 on “Duty of Care” due to recent major UK cases, such as Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police (duty for omissions) through to Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust (duty of care in established categories).
- Development in vicarious liability law, particularly as a supplementary remedy for plaintiffs injured at work
- Enhanced discussion on tort of harassment in Hong Kong
- UK Supreme Court in the 2023 decision in Fearn v Board of Trustees of Tate Gallery to protection from persistent overlooking by neighbours, a decision that is bound to have impact in Hong Kong where people live very close to one another
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