Atiyah's accidents, compensation and the law / Peter Cane.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

7th ed.

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Accidents, compensation and the law

Accident law -- Great Britain.

Compensation (Law) -- Great Britain.

1. Introduction: surveying the field

2. Fault as a basis of liability

3. The scope of the tort of negligence

4. Departures from the fault principle

5. Causation and remoteness of damage

6. Damages for personal injury and death

7. An appraisal of the fault principle

8. Claims and claimants

9. Tortfeasors and insurers

10. Trials and settlements

11. First-party insurance --12. Compensation for criminal injuries

13. The social security system

14. Other forms of assistance

15. A plethora of systems

16. The cost of compensation and who pays it

17. The funcitons of compensation systems

18. Accident compensation in the twenty-first century.

The seventh edition of this classic work explores recent changes in personal injury law and practice and puts them into broad perspective. It examines developments affecting the financing and conduct of personal injury claims: the abolition of legal aid for most personal injury claims; the increasing use of conditional fee agreements and after-the-event insurance; and the rise and impending regulation of the claims management industry.

Previous ed.: London : Butterworths, 1999.

Previous editions entitled: Accidents, compensation and the law.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521689311

0521689317

xxxvi, 514 p.