Dr Mark Davies is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex where he is convenor for the Law of Tort, Professional Negligence and Liability, Ethics and Conduct of Lawyers courses.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Participants in the court and dispute resolution processes ; 3. Academics ; 4. Medical practitioners ; 5. Police ; 6. Military and other uniformed services ; 7. Local Government and public sector professionals ; 8. Professions and words and other miscellaneous professional protections ; 9. Concluding thoughts

Anyone looking for an authoritative exploration of immunities as they apply to professions and public sector defendants could not do better than start with this volume. Davies is an esteemed author and researcher who has produced a substantial and compelling body of work in other places on professional regulation and liabilities in both the legal and health care sectors, and is therefore ideally positioned to draw comparisons across the liabilities of professions.