Liability for Negligent Words
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1999
Federation Press (Verlag)
978-1-86287-297-4 (ISBN)
Federation Press (Verlag)
978-1-86287-297-4 (ISBN)
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This text is written with the aim of exploring the law of negligence in the context of words. Divided into 14 chapters, it includes an overview of legal approaches to words followed by the significance of the House of Lords decision in Hedley Byme as the basis to negligent misstatement.
This book is written with the aim of exploring the law of negligence in the context of words. Divided into fourteen chapters, it includes an overview of legal approaches to words followed by the significance of the House of Lords decision in Hedley Byrne as the basis of the action for negligent misstatement. A compendium of professional liability situations involving modern forms of informational injury follows. This includes the obligations of lawyers, doctors, lenders and public authorities under negligent misstatement principles. Negligent words and communication of news are also addressed, including compensation for nervous shock. A final chapter is devoted to possible future uses of the law. The law of negligence is increasingly imposing a duty of care upon professional parties. This book traces the expansion of the recognition of negligence liability where words are the source of the harm into contemporary situations of informational harm.
This book is written with the aim of exploring the law of negligence in the context of words. Divided into fourteen chapters, it includes an overview of legal approaches to words followed by the significance of the House of Lords decision in Hedley Byrne as the basis of the action for negligent misstatement. A compendium of professional liability situations involving modern forms of informational injury follows. This includes the obligations of lawyers, doctors, lenders and public authorities under negligent misstatement principles. Negligent words and communication of news are also addressed, including compensation for nervous shock. A final chapter is devoted to possible future uses of the law. The law of negligence is increasingly imposing a duty of care upon professional parties. This book traces the expansion of the recognition of negligence liability where words are the source of the harm into contemporary situations of informational harm.
Legal approaches to negligence and words Why words? Mere words? Competing tensions: Economic loss and economic reality Expansion and contraction: Go directly to Anns, pass Donoghue v Stevenson Resolving modern forms of informational injury Restricting and expanding liability Predictions and prognoses (aspects of medical negligence) The lawyer and the law Lender liability looms (The increasing extent of bank/lender/financier liability) Risky business Words and warnings of public authorities and figures Linking negligent words with trade practices claims Negligent words and communication of news The suspense accounts of contract and tort Table of Cases/ Table of Statutes/ Bibliography/ Index
| Verlagsort | Annandale, NSW |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 556 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86287-297-X / 186287297X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86287-297-4 / 9781862872974 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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