Completely revised, and updated to take into account significant developments in Australian tort law, the fourth edition of this established casebook illuminates the principles of contemporary tort law and presents the underlying trends in the development of the law.A significant new feature of this edition is the inclusion of headnotes that summarise the essential principles for which the extracted case is authority. Fifteen new cases have been added to an already authoritative selection.The currency of the book will be maintained by the publication of edited versions of important new cases on the Federation Press website. The extracts will be accompanied by brief authorial comment and all may be freely downloaded.