Zielvereinbarungen in Unternehmen: Grundlagen, Umsetzung, Rechtsfragen

Cover......Page 1
Tort Law......Page 2
Brief contents......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Guided tour......Page 13
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 19
Table of cases......Page 21
Table of statutes......Page 37
Table of statutory instruments......Page 39
Table of European legislation......Page 40
What is tort law?......Page 41
 Defining what a tort is......Page 42
 Practical issues in tort law......Page 45
 Making tort law......Page 47
 Tort and the requirement of fault......Page 51
 Tort and the Human Rights Act 1998......Page 53
 The tort system and personal injuries......Page 54
 Studying tort law: some advice......Page 63
 How negligence began......Page 67
 The basics of negligence......Page 68
 Duties of care......Page 69
 When will a duty of care exist?......Page 71
 Liability for omissions......Page 77
 Duties of care for other people’s actions......Page 80
 Breach of a duty......Page 83
 Proving negligence......Page 95
 Damage......Page 98
Negligence: causation, defences and time limits......Page 107
 Causation......Page 108
 Remoteness of damage......Page 119
 Defences......Page 127
 Time limits......Page 138
 What is psychiatric injury?......Page 145
 Liability for psychiatric injury......Page 147
 The duty of care......Page 148
 Psychiatric injury not caused by shocking events......Page 163
 Problems with the law on psychiatric injury......Page 165
 Reform of the law......Page 167
Negligence: economic loss......Page 171
 What is pure economic loss?......Page 172
 Liability for economic loss......Page 173
 Liability for economic loss: the law today......Page 176
 Problems with the law on economic loss......Page 190
Negligence: public bodies......Page 195
 Police liability for negligence......Page 196
 The implications of Osman......Page 198
 The Human Rights Act 1998: an alternative to negligence?......Page 202
 Liability of local councils and public authorities......Page 203
Employers’ liability......Page 213
 Liability for harm to employees......Page 214
 The employer’s duty......Page 216
 Types of harm......Page 222
 Breach of the employer’s duty......Page 230
 Defences......Page 232
Vicarious liability......Page 237
 Why does vicarious liability exist?......Page 238
 Elements of vicarious liability......Page 239
 Was the tortfeasor an employee?......Page 240
 In the course of their employment......Page 245
 The employee’s liability......Page 256
 Liability for independent contractors......Page 257
 Should vicarious liability be widened?......Page 258
 Other types of multiple liability......Page 259
 Occupiers’ liability......Page 265
 Liability to visitors: the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957......Page 269
 The duty of care to visitors......Page 272
 Warnings......Page 278
 Excluding the common duty of care......Page 279
 Defences under the 1957 Act......Page 280
 Liability to non-visitors: the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984......Page 282
 The duty of care to non-visitors......Page 284
 Defences under the 1984 Act......Page 288
 Cases not covered by the Occupiers’ Liability Acts......Page 291
 Product liability in negligence......Page 299
 Evaluating product liability in negligence......Page 304
 The Consumer Protection Act 1987......Page 307
 Defences......Page 314
 Evaluating the Consumer Protection Act 1987......Page 320
 Claims for breach of statutory duty......Page 327
 Defences......Page 335
 Breach of EU legislation......Page 337
Trespass to the person......Page 341
 Types of trespass to the person......Page 342
 Defences......Page 353
 Limitation periods......Page 361
 Other torts that protect against physical harm......Page 363
 Liability for trespass to land......Page 371
 Trespass on highways......Page 376
 Trespass ab initio......Page 377
 The mental element......Page 379
 Defences......Page 380
 Remedies......Page 383
 Trespass and the criminal law......Page 384
 Liability for nuisance......Page 387
 Who can be sued?......Page 397
 Who can sue?......Page 399
 Defences......Page 401
 Remedies......Page 405
 Nuisance and the Human Rights Act 1998......Page 407
 A critique of nuisance law......Page 409
 Other forms of nuisance......Page 410
The tort in Rylands v. Fletcher......Page 415
 Liability under Rylands v. Fletcher......Page 416
 Defences......Page 422
 The role of Rylands v. Fletcher......Page 426
 Other protections against hazardous activities......Page 427
Defamation: general principles......Page 431
 Some background to defamation......Page 432
 Liability for defamation......Page 433
 Defamation and damage......Page 444
 Who can sue for defamation?......Page 446
 Who can be sued?......Page 448
Defamation: defences, remedies and problems......Page 451
 Defences to a defamation claim......Page 452
 Remedies for defamation......Page 472
 Problems with the law on defamation......Page 474
 Proposals for reform......Page 479
Privacy and confidentiality......Page 485
 Privacy protection: the background......Page 486
 The current law on privacy......Page 488
 Liability for misuse of private information......Page 491
 Remedies......Page 501
 Alternative protection against invasion of privacy......Page 506
Deceit......Page 511
 Elements of the tort......Page 512
 Calculating damages for deceit......Page 518
 Deceit and negligent misstatement......Page 520
Liability for animals......Page 525
 Liability for animals at common law......Page 526
 The Animals Act 1971......Page 527
 Defences......Page 536
 Trespassing livestock......Page 537
 Special liability for dogs......Page 538
 Remoteness of damage......Page 539
 Damages......Page 543
 Injunctions......Page 558
Glossary......Page 568
Index......Page 573