LAW OF TORT

Law of Tort

Law of Tort

Introduction

Law of Tort (UK)

A civil wrong in the jurisdictions of common law is known as Tort. It deals with the situations in which an individual's behaviour has been unfairly caused someone else to face the consequences, harm or loss like in the case that is been selected for the paper “Page v Smith (1995)”. In this case Mr. Page was the primary victim in the light of United Kingdon's Tort law. Generally, tort is not an illegal act but still it causes harm or injury to other individual. This law helps the victim to recover the loss that he or she has faced due to the event. This law is very different from criminal law as it deals with the individuals who's action can cause harm to the society unintentionally. It is allowed in the cases of tort that the case can brought by the anyone to the court and that individual is commonly known in the light of tort's law as 'plaintiff'. The criminal cases can be only brought by the state but these cases can be brought by the plaintiff s as well.

The legal concepts of duty of care and neglect, not falling within the scope of the law known as Law of Damages that is unlike criminal law. Whereas the prisons in the idea of a crime, tort law concerns rather than what is known as 'errors' and so the cases can be filed by the plaintiff or the plaintiff against a defendant if they feel they have been "wronged." As the intention of tort law is to remedy these evils rather than to punish a criminal who is responsible for a crime, the trials of liability therefore is usually caused by individuals against other individuals in private prosecution instead being taken by the State (such as criminal law).

Tort law is often treated as synonymous with 'accident law'. In reality, this is misleading as tort addresses many situations that go beyond compensation for accidents. Law of tort establishes the principal mechanism for the provision of compensation for personal injuries through the tort of negligence. In this context, majority of people are most likely to encounter it in their day to day activities. The institutions of Tort law and civil justice have come to play a prominent role in American politics. The expanding influence of courts is evident in domestic issues, civil human rights, and social regimes.

Specific torts

Following are the specific kinds of torts that have been addressed by the UK law of Tort and some of the benchmark cases are mentioned under some of the well known torts:

Product liability

Trespass

Defamation

Intentional torts

Other statutory torts

Occupiers' Liability

Roles v Nathan

Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council

Nuisance

Sturges v Bridgman

Page v Smith

Miller v Jackson

Rylands v Fletcher

Issue

Page v Smith (1995) AC 155

Mr. Page was an individual who brought the case to the court of law commonly known as plaintiff in the language of law. Mr. Page was found involved in a slight car ...