Tort in common law civil law and the vast majority of legal systems that derive from them any instance of harmful behavior such as physical attack on ones person or interference with ones possessions or with the use and enjoyment of ones land economic interests honor reputation and privacy. Chapter 1 key facts tort law is the branch of civil law predominantly concerned with protecting a range of individual interests the main interests protected concern the safety of person and property the use and enjoyment of property reputation and to a limited extent certain economic interests and privacy. Key facts key cases tort law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your tort law module with ease this book explains the facts and associated case law for the torts of negligence occupiers liability and nuisance strict liability torts the torts of trespass to land and trespass to . A test in tort law linking the tort and the damages aka causation which are stated as but for the defendants negligence the plaintiff would not have been injured what is an intentional tort a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor