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Local Authority Liability

This well-established and popular work provides a comprehensive survey of the legal liabilities of local authorities written by a team of specialists in local authority liability claims. It comprises an invaluable overview of the nature and extent of the liability of local authorities together with specialist chapters on the core areas of activity including education social services occupier's liability employer's liability highways environmental damage and trees. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to take account of the latest developments including: Latest cases on general duties owed by Local Authorities including Mitchell v Glasgow X & Y v Houslow VL v Oxfordshire and Glaister v Appleby The development in the law relating to child abuse claims particularly
limitation Latest judicial attitude to the liability of teachers and local authorities when supervising children in cases such as Orchard v Lee Webster v Ridgway and Palmer v Cornwall County Council The Human Rights Act 1998 in failure to educate claims A v Essex County Council Claims under the Occupiers Liability Acts 1957 and 1984 and the impact of 'socially desirable activities' on the test for breach of duty including Harvey v Plymouth County Council The Scout Association v Barnes and Uren v Corporate Leisure (UK) Limited Court of Appeal cases dealing with the duty to maintain and statutory defence under sections 41 and 58 of the Highways Act 1980 including Russell v West Sussex County Council and Esdale v Dover County Council and Wilkinson v York County Council Liability for trees
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This well-established & popular work provides a comprehensive survey of the legal liabilities of local authorities written by a team of specialists in local authority liability claims. It comprises an invaluable overview of the nature & extent of the liability of local authorities together with specialist chapters on the core areas of activity including education social services occupier's liability employer's liability highways environmental damage & trees. This new edition has been extensively revised & updated to take account of the latest developments including: Latest cases on general duties owed by Local Authorities including Mitchell v Glasgow X & Y v Houslow VL v Oxfordshire & Glaister v Appleby The development in the law relating to child abuse claims particularly limitation Latest judicial attitude to the liability of teachers & local authorities when supervising children in cases such as Orchard v Lee Webster v Ridgway & Palmer v Cornwall County Council The Human Rights Act 1998 in failure to educate claims A v Essex County Council Claims under the Occupiers Liability Acts 1957 & 1984 & the impact of 'socially desirable activities' on the test for breach of duty including Harvey v Plymouth County Council The Scout Association v Barnes & Uren v Corporate Leisure (UK) Limited Court of Appeal cases dealing with the duty to maintain & statutory defence under sections 41 & 58 of the Highways Act 1980 including Russell v West Sussex County Council & Esdale v Dover County Council & Wilkinson v York County Council Liability for trees including Micklewright v Surrey County Council & Bowen v National Trust

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