Modern Tort Law

This book provides a clear and comprehensive exposition of the law of tort. This fourth edition is fully updated to include recent developments in this fast moving area of law. attention is paid to areas which students find the most difficult. There is discussion of numerous cases including those concerning duty of care, liability for psychiatric injury, breach of duty, quantum, occupiers' liability and other mainstream areas of tort studied on undergraduate and professional courses. The substantive law is set in the context of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and changes in the availability of legal aid, as well as other institutional and social changes.