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tort and personal injurychild’s right to education under the ECHR, Protocol1, art.2• Joseph v Spiller – in an action for defamation it isnot a prerequisite of the defence of honest or faircomment that the readers should be in a positionto evaluate the comment for themselves• Lucasfilm Ltd v Ainsworth holding that helmetsand armour forming part of the storm troopercostumes in the Star Wars films were neithersculptures nor works of artistic craftsmanshipwithin the meaning of the Copyright, Designs andPatents Act 1988Sweet & Maxwell UK9780414045781 PaperbackSupplement HK$9309780414023406Mainwork & SupplementHK$5,720Common Law LibraryMcgregor on DamagesEighteenth Edition, Mainwork & SupplementHarvey McGregor, QCThe standard work and the leading authority on thelaw of damages for nearly 150 years, McGregor onDamages:• Provides detailed explanation of how generalprinciples apply to particular cases throughanalysis of case lawNEW• Includes coverage of general principles, heads ofdamage, damages in contract and tort, humanrights and procedure• Has been written with great clarity and a logicalstructure, by the accepted authority in the area ofdamages• Provides a navigable mini-table of contents at thebeginning of each chapter• Incorporates accessible chapters broken down byheads of damage and divided into many sectionsand sub-sections all usefully titled, making it easyto locate the information you need• Highlights important recent changes anddevelopments, with regular supplements to keepyou up to date• Is recognised as the leading text, and is often citedand relied upon by the courtsSecond SupplementNEWThe Second Supplement to the Eigtheenth Edition ofMcGregor on Damages brings the main work up todate and deals with all the developments in the lawrelating to damages since the publication of the mainwork.The new supplement includes significant decisions ofthe Supreme Court such as:• The Supreme Court in the false imprisonmentcase of R.(on the application of Lumba (Congo))v Secretary of State for the Home Departmentdecides whether vindicatory damages arerecoverable for infringement of a right, the rightinfringed being in Lumba the right to liberty ratherthan the right to reputation• The Supreme Court in Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK)Ltd has endorsed an important extension to theFairchild rule and on grounds different from theCourt of AppealSweet & Maxwell UKNov 2011 9780414047761 PaperbackSupplement HK$1,073Oct 2009 9780414043282 HardbackMainwork & Supplement HK$6,250262+852 3762 3222 www.sweetandmaxwell.com.hk smhk.salesenquiries@thomsonreuters.comPrices are correct at time of going to press, but may be subject to change without prior notification