1By,Ms. Sharvina Binti ShajahanFaculty of Business2 A tort is a
civil wrong; The law of tort - protects the rights & freedoms
of individuals, their property & reputation Concerned with
imposition of legal liailities & the conse!uent remedies in
respect of civil wrongs committed against recogni"es entities; The
word # tort$ - #wrong$ - mean a wrong recognized by law Tort as a
wrong the victim of which is entitled to redress % specific civil
wrong or in&ury' (aw of torts has two function)-to determine
when a person has to pay compensation for harm wrongly caused'-to
determine what conduct may e stopped or regulated y the court$s
order'*DifferencesCrimes TortsA wrong against the state A wrong
against an individualCase will usually e started y the state Case
will e started y the individual affected +the claimant,-efendant
will e prosecuted in the criminal courtsThe defendant faces
.criminal charges/-efendant will e sued in the civil courtsA civil
action will e rought against the defendant0f guilty the defendant
will e prosecuted%punished0f liale the defendant will have to pay
damages%compensation to the claimant1ain purpose of the criminal
law is to maintain law & order and to protect the pulicThe main
purpose of the law of torts is to provide the individual who has a
suffered from an infringement of a right%duty,with a remedy to
enforce their rights2ranch of the pulic law +criminal law, 2ranch
of the private +civil, law;(aw of torts largely developed through
common law%case law3tandard of proof- .eyond reasonale dout/2urden
of proof- rests with the prosecution3tandard of proof- .alance of
proailities/2urden of proof-rests on the claimant45inds of interest
that law of torts protect against)a' person - assault, attery,
personal in&ury' property - trespass, nuisance, interference
with goodsc' financial - economic lossd' reputation - defamationA
tort arises not simply out of the infliction of in&ury to the
interest stated aove ut in the infliction of a legally recogni"ed
in&ury(iaility in tortmay arise)1' 6rimary - where a person is
liale for his own act or omission in reach of a legal duty2'
7icarious- 8here a person is liale for the act or omission of
another with whom he stand in some special relationship'9There are
different types of torts recognised y the :nglish law and each tort
sets out a certain e;pected standard of ehaviour'8e will e looThe
Tort of Negligence?What is Negligence?-ictionary -efinition)
.lac< of proper care and attention/;(egal -efinition) .the reach
of a legal duty of care, which results in damage to the claimant
undesired y the defendant/@ 2reach of a legal duty to ta
