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All the leading cases, illuminated by Horsey & Rackley's trademark clear and lively commentary. The essential companion for undergraduate tort law students, providing a comprehensive portable library of leading tort cases. Horsey & Rackley bring together a range of carefully edited extracts, combined with insightful commentary and annotated cases to help students identify and analyse the key elements. Key features: - The only text of its kind to provide a comprehensive collection of the leading tort law cases for undergraduates - Simple to navigate, pulling all key case law together into one easy-to-use volume which students can work through systematically or use to reference specific cases - Cases are accompanied by succinct author commentary highlighting the key elements of each case - Annotated cases help students understand and analyse material New to this edition: The seventeenth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent developments in the law, including Fearn and others v The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4 on private nuisance, Riley v Murray Court of Appeal [2022] EWCA Civ 1146 on defamation, and Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Polmear v Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust; Purchase v Ahmed [2022] EWCA Civ 12 on psychiatric harm.