Winfield and Jolowicz on Tort Book

* The leading textbook on tort available providing students with the definitive and all embracing guidance they need to achieve top marks * Centred firmly on English law but covers significant developments in Commonwealth countries, and where appropriate European systems of tort law * Covers all key areas of tort law so students don't have to refer to a number of different textbooks * Goes through the nature and functions of tort law to give students a firm understanding of the purpose of tort law * Details the rules and principles that make up English tort law and explains how the law has developed * Looks at the remedies available so students can see the many different ways in a which resolution to a problems can be achieved * Includes extensive use of case citations * Contains full content listings at the beginning of each chapter and paragraph numbering to make it easy for students to find relevant information quickly * Analyses recent key case law including Re Deep Vein Thrombosis Litigation (carriage by air, strict liability), Buchanan v Jennings (libel; parliamentary privilege), and JD v East Berks AHA and Gorringe v Calderdale BC (public authorities) * Continues to cover the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on tort law * Covers radical changes in damages resulting in the introduction of a general power to award damages in personal injury cases by way of periodical payments * Discusses changes to the law of powers of arrest resulting from the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005