Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Part I: Introduction: Overview of tort law -- Part II: Negligent invasions of personal, property, and financial interests: Duty of care I: foundational principles -- Duty of care II: bodily injury and psychiatric illness -- Duty of care III: property damage and purely financial loss -- Duty of care IV: public authorities -- Breach of duty -- Causation and remoteness -- Defences to negligence -- Liability for defective premises and structures -- Part III: Intentional invasions of interests in the person and property: Trespass to the person and related torts -- Wrongful interference with goods -- Trespass to land -- Defences to intentional torts against the person or property -- Part IV: Misrepresentation-based and 'economic' torts: False representations -- The general 'economic' torts -- Part V: Torts involving strict or stricter liability: Product liability -- Nuisance -- The rule in Rylands v Fletcher -- Breach of statutory duty -- Part VI: Interests in reputation: Interests in reputation defamation: Defamation: foundational principles -- Defences and remedies in defamation -- Part VII: Privacy: Privacy actions in torts -- Part VIII: Misuse of process and public powers: Misuse of process and public powers -- Part IX: Parties and remedies: Vicarious liability -- Capacity and parties -- Remedies.