Title: Defences in tort /
Authors: Dyson, Andrew,; Goudkamp, James, 1980-; Wilmot-Smith, Frederick, 1986-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Torts Congresses.; Torts Great Britain Congresses.; Defense (Civil procedure) Congresses.; Defense (Civil procedure) Great Britain Congresses.; Defense (Civil procedure); Torts; Onrechtmatige daad.; Verdediging (recht); Great Britain; Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Contents: Central issues in the law of tort defences / Andrew Dyson, James Goudkamp and Frederick Wilmot-Smith -- Pleading defences in tort : the historical perspective / David Ibbetson -- Defining 'defences' / Luís Duarte D'Almeida -- Tort law's missing excuses / John Cp Goldberg -- Duties to try and duties to succeed / Stephen A Smith -- Balancing defences / Roderick Bagshaw -- Defences and third parties : justifying participation / Paul S Davies -- Justifying necessity as a defence in tort law / Graham Virgo -- A defence of duress in the law of torts? / James Edelman and Esther Dyer -- Nuisance, planning and regulation : the limits of statutory authority / Donal Nolan -- Weaving the law's seamless web : reflections on the illegality defence in tort law / Beverley McLachlin -- The doctrine of illegality and interference with chattels / James Goudkamp and Lorenz Mayr -- Should contributory fault be analogue or digital? / Robert Stevens -- Assumption of risk in a system of strict liability : conceptual tangles and social consequences / Richard A Epstein -- Privacy claims : transformation, fault, and the public interest defence / Barbara McDonald -- Some recurring issues in relation to limitation of actions / Andrew Burrows.