Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence 16th Edition

The foremost guide to this complex area of the law, Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence is written by a mixed team of practitioners and academics.
 

• 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, 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.

Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377.

• Chapter 1: The Meaning of Negligence; 
• Chapter 2: The Duty to Take Care; 
• Chapter 3: Parties; 
• Chapter 4: Principal Defences and Discharges from Liability; 
• Chapter 5: Causation and Remoteness of Damage; 
• Chapter 6: Proof and Damages; 
• Chapter 7: Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duties; 

• Chapter 8: The Standard of Care; 
• Chapter 9: Dangerous Premises; 
• Chapter 10: Persons Professing Some Special Skill; 
• Chapter 11: Highways and Transport; 
• Chapter 12: Employment at Common Law; 

• Chapter 13: Liability for Breach of Statutory Duty

• Chapter 14: Dangerous Things: Rylands & Fletcher; 
• Chapter 15: Animals; 
• Chapter 16: Product Liability; 

• Chapter 17: Death and Causes of Action; 

• Chapter 18: Insurance and Other Compensation Schemes