Street on Torts provides an insightful and thorough treatment of tort law with a focus on key concepts and clear explanations. This book builds upon the excellent legacy of its previous, celebrated authors with a renewed focus on the needs of today's students.Alongside perceptive coverage of the key principles of tort law, succinct case extracts and accompanying analyses allow students to consider the law in context and understand how it is applied in practice. Key Issues boxes help to guide students through each chapter, whilst clear conclusions offer the opportunity for consolidation. The fifteenth edition of the book also sees the introduction of problem questions at the end of each chapter, which allow students to actively apply their knowledge of the law whilst practising essential analytical and essay writing skills.NEW TO THIS EDITIONProblem questions have been added to the end of each chapter to allow students the opportunity to apply their learning, think critically and analytically about the topic, all whilst practising valuable examination and essay writing skills. Answer guidance is provided in the accompanying online resources for the bookIntroduction of new duty of care chapters centred on bodily injury/psychiatric illness and property damages/purely financial loss.Extensive restructuring and re-writing of chapters on causation, breach of statutory duty, privacy, and remediesNew conclusions section added to each chapter to help student consolidate their learningCoverage of the Consumer Rights Act 2015Coverage of key cases including: Hughes-Holland v BPE Solicitors (on scope of duty of care); Dunnage v Randall (on responsibility/standard of care while under a mental impairment); OPO v Rhodes (on intentional infliction of harm); Patel v Mirza (on the illegality defence); Campbell v Peter Gordon Joiners Ltd (on breach of statutory duty); Willers v Joyce (on malicious commencement of civil proceedings); Armes v Nottinghamshire CC, Cox v Ministry of Justice, and Mohamud v Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc (on vicarious liability); Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK (on accessory liability); andKnauer v Ministry of Justice (on fatal accidents damages)New, 2-colour text design

Author Biography

Christian Witting is Professor of Private Law at Queen Mary University of London and is a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Australia. He is also co-chair of the University of London LLM Exam Board and previously held chairs in law at Durham and Exeter. Professor Witting's books and papers have been cited in the United Kingdom Supreme Court/House of Lords, Supreme Court of Canada, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, Singapore Court of Appeal, New Zealand High Court, and other appellate courts.