Now available in paperback, Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort contains thirteen essays on leading UK tort cases, ranging from the early 19th century to the present day. The cases raise a broad range of important issues across the law of tort, including such diverse areas as acts of state and public nuisance, as well as central questions relating to the tort of negligence. Several of the essays place the UK cases in their historical context in ways that change our understanding of the cases' significance. Sometimes the focus is on drawing out previously neglected aspects of cases which have...