Includes index.

Contents:The nature of tortious liability:Introduction -- Definition -- Torts distinguished from other legal wrongs -- International interference with the person:Introduction -- Trespass and negligence -- Trespass to the person -- Assault -- Defences to assult and battery -- Selected case(s) on assault and battery -- False imprisonment -- Defences to false imprisonment -- Acting in support of the law -- Malicious prosecution -- Negligence -- Liability for ommissions and rescuers -- Duty of care:Pure economic loss -- Duty of care:Negligent misstatements --Duty of care:Psychiatric illness -- Breach of duty --Causation -- Remoteness of damage -- Occupiers' liability -- Employers' liability -- Vicarious liability:The course of employment -- Trespass to land:Types of trespass -- Who can sue in trespass to land -- defences -- Remedies -- Nuisance -- Escape of dangerous things from land -- Wrongful interference with goods -- Liability for animals -- Product liability --Defamation -- Passing off -- Defences -- Damages for personal injuries -- Damages for the dead victim .