ABSTRACT
A tort is a wrong. (Remember your French – ‘J’ai tort’ means ‘I am wrong’.) It means
causing damage or injury to someone else without any legal excuse and in
circumstances where it is proper that the injured party should get some compensation
for his loss. For instance defamation, libel and slander, is a tort. So is trespass to land,
causing damage to someone’s property, which is also usually a crime as well. There are
several others: deceit (fraud), assault, conspiracy, nuisance and so on. By far the most
common tort, and the most important in commercial terms is negligence.
