Tort Law
The word "torte" to a lot of people means a delicious German or Austrian, multi-layered cake sandwiched with chocolate icing or jam.
Alas, it is also a dry legal word with no "e" at the end, and no icing.
Tort in law means a "wrong" or "harm" done to someone. It derives from the Medieval Latin word "tortum." The word "harm" refers to a legal harm to a person or property, which can be physical, emotional, financial or reputational
.All law students, no matter where they attend, must study tort law. This is because tort—along with contract law—is a core subject students need in order to acquire a foundational knowledge of many other areas of law.
That's why Mentor Law is including Tort among its services.
Most harm happens to people because someone was careless, reckless or negligent. For that reason, torts are extremely common in everyday life. Car accidents are the simplest example of a tort. This area of law is known as "Personal Injury" law. PI firms are found in every town and city in Canada, indeed the whole Common Law world, because car accidents happen every day, many times a day.
When they do, the injured person can sue the person who caused the harm, and if they win their case are usually awarded a sum of money known as "damages" paid by the defendant.
This vast area of law—along with breach of contract law—makes up the majority of civil litigation because it affects nearly every walk of life, from drivers, to manufacturers and property owners, to pet owners, doctors and bartenders. Litigation is another term for the process of suing someone, which may or may not end in court.
Tort law is a never-ending practice area of law because it is constantly evolving to keep up with technology.
What else will you learn through Mentor Law if you are struggling to understand Tort
- The steps required to prove tort
- Who has to prove tort
- The intersection of tort and criminal law
- The many kinds of tort law: nuisance, defamation, wrongful death, trespass and product liability
- Intentional tort vs unintentional tort
- The importance of the seminal case Donoghue v Stevenson
If some tort law is causing a throbbing pain in your head….do not despair. Mentor Law is here to guide you through this fascinating area of law, step by step by step, at whatever pace suits you.
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