Claire McIvor

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Claire McIvor will happily consider any PhD proposals in the field of tort law. She is particularly interested in the following areas: liability for the acts of others (both on a personal and vicarious basis); the negligence liability of public authorities; causation in tort law; the use of epidemiological evidence in tort law.

Current doctoral supervision
Dr McIvor is currently supervising 4 students undertaking research in the following areas:

Legal Epidemiology - The use of epidemiology to resolve disputes about causation in tort litigation
The legal and ethical responsibilities of veterinarians
Compensatory damages in negligence
The nature and scope of the Article 2 investigatory duty

Research activity per year

11 Article
1 Book
1 Chapter

13 results

2013

Debunking some judicial myths about epidemiology and its relevance to UK tort law
McIvor, C., 2013, In: Medical Law Review. 21, 4, p. 553-587
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

6 Citations (Scopus)
2011

The Impact of the Jackson Reforms on Access to Justice in Personal Injury Litigation
McIvor, C., 1 Dec 2011, In: Civil Justice Quarterly. 30, 4, p. 411-428 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2010

Getting Defensive about Police Negligence: The Hill Principle, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the House of Lords
McIvor, C., 1 Mar 2010, In: Cambridge Law Journal. 69, 1, p. 133-150 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2009

Bursting the Autonomy Bubble: A Defence of the Court of Appeal Decision in R (On the Application of Oliver Leslie Burke) v GMC
McIvor, C., 1 Jan 2009, The Legal, Medical and Cultural Regulation of the Body: Transformation and Transgression. Smith, S. W. & Deazley, R. (eds.). Ashgate
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2 Citations (Scopus)
2008

The positive duty of the police to protect life
McIvor, C., 1 Jan 2008, In: Tottel's Journal of Professional Negligence. 24, 1, p. 27-35 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2007

Liability for Psychiatric Harm
McIvor, C., 1 Jan 2007, In: Tottel's Journal of Professional Negligence. 23, p. 249-256 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Liability for Suicide
McIvor, C., 1 Jan 2007, In: Tottel's Journal of Professional Negligence. 23, p. 263-266 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006

The negligence liability of child welfare professionals and policy-based immunities: A critique of recent English developments
McIvor, C., 1 Jan 2006, In: Torts Law Journal. 14, 2, p. 205-218 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The positive medical duty to provide life-prolonging treatment
McIvor, C., 1 Jan 2006, In: Tottel's Journal of Professional Negligence. 22, 1, p. 59-64 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The spectre of Stubbings v Webb lives on
McIvor, C., 1 Jan 2006, In: Tottel's Journal of Professional Negligence. 22, 2, p. 119-126 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Use and Abuse of the Doctrine of Vicarious Liability
McIvor, C., 1 Nov 2006, In: Common Law World Review. 35, 4, p. 268-296 29 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Third Party Liability in Tort
McIvor, C., 1 Jan 2006, Hart Publishing.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2001
Liability in Respect of the Intoxicated
McIvor, C., 1 Mar 2001, In: Cambridge Law Journal. 60, 1, p. 109-127 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Claire McIvor

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