Delict Essentials / Francis McManus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McManus, Francis, author.

Series:

Edinburgh law essentials.

Edinburgh Law Essentials Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torts--Scotland.

Torts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Delict Essentials provides the reader with an introduction to the main areas of the law of delict.Provides a succinct and comprehensive coverage of the law of delictIncludes updates of the law of negligence, causation, defamation, breach of confidence, vicarious liability, and defencesIncludes full discussion of leading casesThe book includes coverage of negligence, nuisance, occupiers liability, product liability, defamation, breach of confidence, liability for animals, breach of statutory duty, vicarious liability, defences, and remedies. The 5th edition has been updated and contains discussion of recent caselaw, including Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley; Paul v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Thorley v Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust; and Stoffel v Grondona.The 5th edition also includes discussion of the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021.Delict Essentials will provide the undergraduate an essential study aid to a challenging and important area of the law of Scotland.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TABLE OF CASES

TABLE OF STATUTES

1 INTRODUCTION

2 NEGLIGENCE

3 THE LAW OF NUISANCE

4 OCCUPIER’S LIABILITY

5 PRODUCT LIABILITY

6 DEFAMATION

7 BREACH OF CONFIDENCE, MISUSE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION

8 LIABILITY FOR ANIMALS

9 BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY

10 VICARIOUS LIABILITY

11 DEFENCES

12 REMEDIES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781399515146

1399515144

9781399515139

1399515136