TOPICS

Wrongful conduct, liability in tort

The role of tort law; 13.1.

The origins of liability for conduct causing harm; 13.1.1.

The need to balance competing interests; 13.1.2.

The wider effect of tort law; 13.1.3.

Table of recognised torts; 13.1.5.

No general principle of liability for harm wrongfully caused; 13.14.1.

Distinguishing tort and crime; 13.15.1.

Distinguishing tort and contract; 13.15.2.

Wrongful conduct, specific torts

trespass to land

Wrongful interference with real property; 13.2.1.

trespass to chattels

Wrongful interference with moveable property; 13.3.1.

conversion

Excercising wrongful control of another's goods; 13.4.1.

detinue

Wrongful failure to relinquish control of another's goods; 13.4.2. 

assault

Wrongfully causing fear of physical contact; 13.5.1.

battery

Wrongful physical contact with another person; 13.6.1.

false imprisonment

Wrongfully depriving a person of liberty; 13.7.1.

private nuisance

Wrongful interference with another's rights in their property; 13.8.1.

liability for animals

Circumstances in which harm caused by animals gives rise to liability; 9.1.

deceit

Liability for intentionally misleading another person; 13.10.1.

defamation

Liability for wrongfully injuring another person's reputation; 13.11.1.

Negligence

The scope of the tort of Negligence; 13.12.1.

Recognising different types of conduct and harm; 13.12 (a) 

Wrongful conduct, Negligence, elements of liability

The existence of a duty of care; 13.12 (b) 1.1 

A breach of the duty of care; 13.12 (b) 2.1. 

Foreseeable harm caused by the breach; 13.12 (b) 3.1. 

Wrongful conduct, vicarious liability

Liability in tort for another person's acts; 13.13.1.