This makes perfect sense because, if the second tortfeasor had been available to be sued, he would have had to pay only for the additional pain, suffering, loss of amenity and loss of earnings that he had caused. Lord Pearson, Baker v ...
Hasson suggested that the provisions should be tightened rather than 'waiting for Pearson'—suggesting that some took for granted that the Report of the Pearson Commission (n 263) would lead to broader changes.
Lord Pearson , Baker v Willoughby , at 496 I think a solution of the theoretical problem can be found in cases such as this by taking a comprehensive and unitary view of the damage caused by the original accident .
This book explores the conceptual place of risk across a number of fields of law.
... [2002] 1 WLR 218 Viasystems v Thermal Transfer (Northern) Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 1151; [2006] QB 510 Walker v Lilleshall Coal Co [1900] 1 QB 481 Walker v Maitland (1821) 5 B & Ald 171 Ward (AC) & Sons Ltd v Catlin (Five) Ltd [2009] ...
Courts have responded to the rise of consumer law by taking the view that there is less need to apply the common law in a ... 1 See generally C Scott and J Black, Cranston's Consumers and the Law, 3rd edn (London, Butterworths, 2000).
Filling this substantial gap in the literature, this book explores the multiple influences of insurance in the law of obligations, and the nature and impact of insurance law as an inherent and significant aspect of private law.
Khoury, L., 'Causation and Risk in the Highest Courts of Canada, England and France' (2008) 124 LQR 103–31. McIvor, C., 'The “Doubles the ... Loss of a Chance Fleming, J., 'Probabilistic Causation in Tort Law' (1989) 68 Can Bar Rev 661.
This book shows that legislation is important not only because of the way it varies or replaces case law, but because it also deeply influences the intrinsic character of that law, providing some of its most familiar characteristics.
This book shows that legislation is important not only because of the way it varies or replaces case law, but because it also deeply influences the intrinsic character of that law, providing some of its most familiar characteristics.
Insurance and the Law of Obligations
documents, without objection.22 Some even now argue that '[the] evolution of boilerplate language ... is closer to ... Law Journal 1; R Feldman, 'Black holes and Boilerplate in M&A practice' (2018) 19 Business Law International 140.
... the Court of Appeal was able to decide not to follow its logic. In KR v Bryn Alyn, 14 claimants alleged that they had been sexually abused while ... [2003] 1 QB 1441 McCowan J, Freeman v Home Office (No 2), at 539–40. 2 torts of intention | ...
... Conversion—The Exception or The Anomaly?' (1993) 52 CLJ, at 129–30 Put shortly D commits conversion against P where ... mind that liability is prima facie strict, so that in any of the above situations D is liable in damages whether or ...
This collection of essays adopts a distinctive approach to environmental legal issues, representing a variety of specializations, ranging from public law to international law.
Jenny Steele argues that ideas about risk and most areas of the law, whilst of interest to the legal profession, have not been widely addressed. The author explores the conceptual place of risk across a number of different fields of law.
A uniquely practical approach to contract law, with a problem-based focus.
This book shows that legislation is important not only because of the way it varies or replaces case law, but because it also deeply influences the intrinsic character of that law, providing some of its most familiar characteristics.