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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : surveying the field -- Fault as a basis of liability -- The scope of the tort of negligence -- Departures from the fault principle -- Causation and remoteness of damage -- Damages for personal injury and death -- An appraisal of the fault principle -- Claims and claimants -- Tortfeasors and insurers -- Trials and settlements -- First-party insurance -- Compensation for criminal injuries -- The social security system -- Other forms of assistance -- A plethora of systems -- The cost of compensation and who pays for it -- The functions of compensation systems -- Accident compensation in the twenty-first century.

Since its first publication, Accidents, Compensation and the Law has been recognised as the leading treatment of the law of personal injuries compensation and the social, political and economic issues surrounding it. The seventh edition of this classic work explores recent momentous changes in personal injury law and practice and puts them into broad perspective. Most significantly, it examines developments affecting the financing and conduct of personal injury claiming: the abolition of legal aid for most personal injury claims; the increasing use of conditional fee agreements and after-the-event insurance; the meteoric rise and impending regulation of the claims management industry. Complaints that Britain is a 'compensation culture' suffering an 'insurance crisis' are investigated. New statistics on tort claims are discussed, providing fresh insights into the evolution of the tort system which, despite recent reforms, remains deeply flawed and ripe for radical reform.