Third Party Liability in Tort

✍ Scribed by Claire Mcivor

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 196
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Non-vicarious liability for the acts of third parties is distinguishable from the traditional doctrine of vicarious liability insofar as it relates to a form of primary liability predicated upon the personal fault of the defendant. More conveniently termed 'third party liability', it is a novel category of tortious liability that has evolved from a collection of disparate and isolated judicial decisions setting out, on an entirely ad hoc basis, individualized exceptions to the entrenched common law rules against liability for omissions and liability for the acts of others. As a result of the improvised nature of its development, the current law on third party liability is unstructured, unprincipled, and incoherent. This book examines the foundational principles governing the various existing instances of third party liability, identifying a coherent legal basis upon which such liability can develop in the future.

✦ Table of Contents

Half Title Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Table of Cases......Page 11
Introduction......Page 17
I. CLARIFICATION OF THE CURRENT RULES ON OMISSIONS......Page 25
II. PURPOSE AND UTILITY OF THE NON-LIABILITY RULE FOR OMISSIONS......Page 28
I. THE DORSET YACHT PRINCIPLES OF THIRD PARTY LIABILITY......Page 33
II. THE LIABILITY OF PARENTS IN RESPECT OF THEIR CHILDREN......Page 36
III. CONCLUSION......Page 50
3. Third Party Liability of Property Owners......Page 53
I. THIRD PARTY PROPERTY LIABILITY IN NUISANCE......Page 54
II. THIRD PARTY PROPERTY LIABILITY IN NEGLIGENCE......Page 66
III. CONCLUSION......Page 80
4. Third Party Liability in Respect of the Intoxicated......Page 83
I. THE COMMONWEALTH POSITION THE COMMONWEALTH POSITION......Page 84
II. THE POSITION IN ENGLISH LAW......Page 90
III. CONCLUSION......Page 96
I. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY ACTIONS AGAINST REFEREES......Page 99
II. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY ACTIONS AGAINST SPORTS GOVERNING BODIES......Page 103
III. CONCLUSION......Page 109
I. LIABILITY UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998......Page 111
II. LIABILITY IN NEGLIGENCE......Page 114
III. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE X LITIGATION FROM A THIRD PARTY LIABILITY PERSPECTIVE......Page 137
IV. CONCLUSION......Page 151
I. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN FRANCE......Page 153
II. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY OF PRIVATE LAW DEFENDANTS IN FRANCE......Page 157
III. CONCLUSION......Page 172
Conclusion......Page 175
Bibliography......Page 179
Index......Page 187