Civil wrong

Civil wrong

A civil wrong or wrong is a cause of action under the law of England and Wales.[citation needed] Tort,[1] breach of contract[2] and breach of trust[3][4] are types of civil wrong.

Something that amounts to a civil wrong is said to be wrongful.

A wrong involves the violation of a right because wrong and right are complementary terms.[5]

A statement that an act complained of is legally wrongful as regards the party complaining implicitly includes a statement that the act complained of prejudicially affects the party complaining in some legal right.[6]

The law that relates to civil wrongs is part of the branch of the law that is called the civil law.[7]

A civil wrong is capable of being followed by what are called civil proceedings.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 9
  2. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 9
  3. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 10
  4. ^ For more information on breach of trust, which does not yet have an article, see English trusts law#Breach of trust
  5. ^ Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. Sixteenth Edition. 1989. Sweet and Maxwell. paragraph 1-14 at page 12.
  6. ^ Rogers v Rajendro Dutt (1860) 13 Moo P C 209, 9 WR 149, 15 ER 78. The text reads: "It is essential to an action in tort that the act complained of should under the circumstances be legally wrongful as regards the party complaining; that is, it must prejudicially affect him in some legal right;"
  7. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 2
  8. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 3

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