Clerk & Lindsell on Torts; 4th supplement

The latest Supplement brings the Main Work fully up to date with the latest developments, including decisions of the House of Lords in:- - Jain v Trent Strategic Health Authority - no duty of care owed by a public authority to owners of a nursing home when applying for an order to close the home and thereby destroy the owners livelihood - Mitchell v Glasgow City Council on the duty owed by a local authority providing social housing and acting in accordance with statutory powers to a tenant to warn that another tenant had threatened to kill him (held that there was no duty to prevent harm being done by a third party) - Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on the duty owed by a public authority to a patient detained in hospital under art. 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Smith v Northamptonshire County Council and Spencer-Franks v Kellog-Brown & Root Ltd on the meaning of "work equipment" within the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 - Gray v Thames Trains Ltd on the defence of ex turpi causa - Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the lawfulness of the police tactic of "kettling" (containing a crowd in a confined area for several hours)