Irish Tort Legislation

Book excerpt: Irish Tort Legislationprovides an up-to-date selection ofrelevant legislation for the law of torts in Ireland. It provides an accessible,essential and timely reference guide. Thishandbook will be of use to students and practitioners of law alike, along withusers in the public and private sector requiring a comprehensive selection ofregulatory framework information. Thelegislation is unannotated and may be brought by student users of the work intoexaminations and used with ease in court proceedings. The selection of legislationincludes legislation relevant to interalianegligence, medical negligence, employment law, product liability,building law, personal injuries, defamation law and all aspects of civilprocedure governing the Irish law of torts. Inparticular, it includes a comprehensive collection of legislation establishingthe framework for the personal injuries regime in Ireland, namely the PersonalInjuries Assessment Board Act 2003, Personal Injuries Assessment Board Rules 2004 and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Act 2007. Majorrelevant legislation is set out in full, for example, the Defamation Act 2009, alongwith related statutory instruments. Legislation with significance for civilprocedure in the Irish courts - the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 - is alsoincluded. Significantnew legislation with regulatory implications for the depiction of tortiousconduct is covered, for example, the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights andObligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 and the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011. Key EUlegislation transposed using secondary law is also included, for example, the EuropeanCommunities (Directive 2000/31/EC) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 68/2003), theEuropean Communities (General Product Safety) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 199/2004),the European Communities (Liability for Defective Products) Regulations 2000 (S.I.401/2000) and the European Union (Liability of Carriers of Passengers by Sea)Regulations 2012 (S.I. 552/2012), as is legislation relevant to thetransposition of the European Convention on Human Rights into Irish law.