The law of professional immunities / Mark Davies, Sussex Law School, University of Sussex.
2014
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Author
Title
The law of professional immunities / Mark Davies, Sussex Law School, University of Sussex.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Call Number
KD1994 .D38 2014
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780199695959 (hbk.)
0199695954 (hbk.)
0199695954 (hbk.)
Description
xi, 250 pages ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)874730926
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
xi
1.
Introduction
A.
Defining Terms
2
1.
`Professions' and the general scope of civil liability
2
2.
The timeliness of this work
5
B.
Theoretical Underpinnings
11
1.
One duty or many duties?
12
2.
Hohfeldian ideas
19
C.
The Nature of Immunities
21
1.
`Immunity' or absence of duty?
29
D.
Human Rights and Immunities
45
E.
Development and Demise of Immunities
50
F.
The Demise of Professional Self-regulation and the Demise of Immunities
57
2.
Participants in the Court and Dispute Resolution Processes
A.
Historical Background to Litigation Based Immunities
1
B.
Judicial Immunity
6
1.
Defamation
7
2.
Other civil claims
9
3.
The current extent and desirability of judicial immunity
11
4.
Recusal
16
C.
Arbitrators
18
D.
Administrative Officers Undertaking Judicial Functions
26
E.
Immunity of Advocates---The History and Current Position
28
1.
Duty of care
29
2.
Breach
33
3.
Abuse of process
38
4.
Wasted costs
42
F.
Expert Witnesses
47
1.
The nature and functions of expert witnesses
53
2.
The history of expert witness immunity
56
3.
Obligations of experts
61
4.
Professional regulation of experts
64
5.
Professor Meadow as an example of the importance of competent expert evidence
65
6.
Regulating experts as experts
78
7.
Addressing expert bias and scientific uncertainty
82
8.
Uncertainty in the scientific process
86
9.
Criminal control mechanisms
91
10.
Human rights issues
93
11.
Abolition of the civil immunity benefitting expert witnesses
96
12.
Jones v Kaney
101
13.
The future for experts
114
14.
Indemnity insurance
117
15.
Remaining protections
118
3.
Academics
A.
Introduction
1
B.
The General Nature of Academic Immunity
4
C.
Defamation
7
1.
The Defamation Act 2013
15
D.
Academic Freedom as a Form of Immunity
19
1.
The purpose of academic freedom
19
2.
Beneficiaries of academic freedom
25
3.
The nature of academic freedom
27
4.
Threats to academic freedom
45
5.
International recognition
48
E.
Intellectual Property Privileges
49
4.
Medical Practitioners
B.
Informed Consent and Truth Telling
11
1.
Contributory negligence and informed consent
18
C.
Breach of Duty---Bolam and Immunity
22
1.
Extending Bolam to questions of ethics
35
D.
The Absence of Fiduciary Obligations
37
E.
Limited Human Rights Act Obligations
44
F.
Causation and the Protection of Medical Practitioners
46
1.
The reasoning applied to claims against solicitors
47
2.
Medical cases---a more defendant friendly approach?
52
3.
Chester v Afshar---a move away from medical protection?
67
5.
Police
B.
The Core Hill Immunity
8
C.
Developments Post-Hill
20
D.
Exceptions to Hill
41
1.
A duty towards informants
46
E.
Misfeasance in Public Office
53
F.
Associated Protections---The Crown Prosecution Service
55
G.
Criminal Justice Act Protection
59
H.
Human Rights Issues
63
1.
Article 2 issues
73
2.
Article 6 issues
80
I.
Independent Police Complaints Commission
83
6.
Military and Other Uniformed Services
A.
Armed services and `Combat Immunity'
1
1.
Combat immunity
4
2.
Privilege against defamation
16
B.
Fire Service
18
1.
Statutory provision
31
C.
Coastguard
35
D.
Ambulance Service
39
E.
Immigration Officers
51
F.
The Future
54
7.
Local Government Professionals
B.
Child Welfare Case Examples
26
C.
Educational Professionals
38
D.
Human Rights and Public Body Immunities
41
E.
Other Protective Mechanisms
49
1.
Breach and causation
49
2.
Defamation
52
F.
Alternative Means of Redress and Proposals for Future Development
53
1.
Ombudsmen
59
8.
Professions and Words and other Miscellaneous Professional Protections
B.
Accountants
3
1.
Accountants acting as receivers
3
2.
Accountants acting as auditors
4
3.
Auditors limiting liability
7
C.
Financial Services
10
D.
Solicitors
19
1.
Solicitors relying on the opinion of counsel
22
2.
Third-party obligations reconsidered from the perspective of immunity
25
3.
Privilege
29
4.
Defamation
41
E.
Parliamentary Privilege---Protecting MPs
43
1.
Potential reform
50
F.
Journalists and Privilege
52
1.
The historical position
52
2.
Recent developments
60
9.
Concluding Thoughts
A.
Is There a `Law of Professional Immunities'?
1
Index
241