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In the English law of tort loss of right is a new heading of potential liability arising as a matter of policy to counteract limitations perceived in the more traditional rules of causation.

References

Cane, Peter. (1999). Atiyah’s Accidents, Compensation and the Law. Sixth edition, Chapter 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-60610-1
Deakin, Simon; Johnston, Angus & Markesinis, B. S. (2003). Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law. pp. 174–201. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0199257124
Hart, H. L. A. & Honore, A. M. (1985). Causation in the Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Luckham, Mary. "Informed consent to medical treatment and the issue of causation: the decision of the House of Lords in Chester v Afshar [2004] UKHL 41" [1]
Rogers, W. V. H. Winfield and Jolowicz on Tort, pp. 195–231. London: Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 0-421-76850-9
Stevens, Robert. An Opportunity to Reflect [2]^{[permanent dead link]}
Failure To Warn [3]
Weir, Tony. (2002). Tort Law. Chapters 4 & 5. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199249989

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