Subjects:

Other Jurisdictions , New Zealand

Contents:

1 General Introduction

2 Accident Compensation and the Common Law

3 The Accident Compensation Scheme in Operation

4 Trespass to the Person

5 Negligence: The Duty of Care

6 Negligence: Particular Categories of Duty

7 Negligence: Breach of Duty

8 Breach of Statutory Duty

9 Trespassing on Land

10 Nuisance

11 The Rule in Rylands v Fletcher

12 Interference with Goods

13 Interference with Business Relations: The Common Law

14 Interference with Business Relations: The Industrial Context

15 Interference with Intellectual Property

16 Deliberate Falsehoods

17 Defamation

18 Invasion of Privacy

19 Abuse of Legal Procedure

20 Abuse of Public Office

21 Causation and Remoteness of Damage

22 Defences

23 Vicarious Liability

24 Parties

25 Multiple Tortfeasors and Contribution

26 Remedies

27 Discharge of Liability

The Law of Torts in New Zealand is the definitive tort work for law students and practitioners. An outstanding reference, Todd on Torts (as this title has come to be known) gives detailed treatment of the law incorporating all recent developments in New Zealand and the wider common law world.

Much has happened in the law of torts since the publication of the third edition of this book in 2001. The fourth edition discusses and appraises a variety of new questions and developments.

Including:-

• Changes to the accident compensation scheme and the introduction of the concept of treatment injury
• Recognition of the action for invasion of privacy
• Partial abolition of the barrister’s immunity from suit
• Builders’ liability in commercial cases
• Doctors’ liability for wrongful conception
• Public body liability in child abuse cases
• Modifications of the rules of factual causation

The fourth edition of The Law of Torts in New Zealand takes a wide and all-embracing approach to these and many other developments in the law of torts. The policies underlying the law are given close attention, and throughout the book the relevant rules and principles are assessed in the light of their objectives and likely consequences.