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This highly regarded casebook provides a detailed examination of every major area of Canadian tort law. For each topic there are clear explanatory introductions, concise extracts of key judicial decisions and statutes, editorial discussions, detailed notes, references to the relevant scholarly literature and review problems.
The eleventh edition of Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts retains the qualities and features of the previous edition and has added:
- Extracts from 16688782 Ontario Inc. v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc., a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on liability in negligence for pure economic loss.
- An updated analysis of foreseeability flowing from Rankin (Rankin’s Garage & Sales) v. J.J., including in cases involving social hosts, stolen cars and the duty to control.
- New material on the duty of care owed to parents, unborn children and relatives related to advances in genetic testing.
- Expanded discussion of the scope of the risk principle, the competing interests in the tort of conversion, strict liability for animals, vicarious liability under statute, Charter damages and the extent to which fraud or deceit can negate the defence of consent.
- A thoroughly revised analysis of passing off, inducing breach of contract and the unlawful means tort.
- New and updated notes that include many recent cases and articles.