The different torts—property, people and animals


Produced in partnership with Kate Temple-Mabe and Adam Weitzman QC of 7BR
Practice notes

The different torts—property, people and animals


Produced in partnership with Kate Temple-Mabe and Adam Weitzman QC of 7BR

Practice notes
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This Practice Note considers the torts of:

  1. •

    trespass to land

  2. •

    tort of conversion and trespass to goods

  3. •

    trespass to the person (assault, battery and false imprisonment)

  4. •

    privacy and defamation

  5. •

    tortious product liability

  6. •

    tortious liability for animals

For guidance on other torts, see Practice Notes:

  1. •

    Procedural abuse torts and similar

  2. •

    Vicarious liability and multi-party torts

For guidance on negligence claims, see Practice Note: Negligence—key elements to establish a negligence claim and related content.

For practical guidance content on negligence, nuisance and breach of statutory duty claims, see: Tort and negligence claims—overview.

For guidance on bringing and defending claims against professionals, see: Professional negligence claims—overview.

The tort of trespass to land

The tort of trespass to land is committed when a person (D) does an act, which causes entry into the land of another person (C) without permission or justification. It is not necessary for any harm to be caused to the land concerned for the tort to be committed.

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Negligence definition
What does Negligence mean?

Negligence is 'the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do' (Blythe v Birmingham Waterworks (1856) 11 Exch 781, at p 784). It is accepted that the test for breach of duty is objective, in the sense that the individual character and mental and physical features of the particular defendant are usually irrelevant.

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