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Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence

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Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence
By
Christopher Walton , Simon E Wood & Roger Cooper
The latest supplement brings the mainwork fully up to date with the latest developments, including:
• Further examples of claims against local authorities in respect of the discharge of their statutory function for the care of children
• Fresh examples under the Limitation Act including Norton v. Corus UK Ltd
• Cases which have addressed particular means of defending a negligence claim: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v. Bairstow (No.1)(what amounts to a collateral attack on an earlier decision) ; Miller v. Garton Shires and Skipper v. Calderdale M.B.C. (the remedy of striking out)
• The liability of employers’ for bullying at work was considered in Green v. DB Group Services (UK) Ltd. and in Daw v. Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd
• Cases under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 including Pollard v. Tesco Stores Ltd. (expectation of consumers in relation to child proof bottle tops)
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