one's privacy. The conduct which produced an injury or loss in some cases will have been deliberate, and in others, careless, or merely accidental. Should the legal system respond? Should the victim have any entitlement to compensation? And if so, at what level? Who should provide it? Should the actor who caused the injury be accountable for it? These are the essential
20 questions the Law of Torts seeks to address. 3 Today Law of Tort hovers over every activity of modern society. Driver of every car, producers of goods and services, those whose business is to repair, doctors, lawyers, architects and builders, to mention but a few, are all potential plaintiffs and defendants in tort action. Potential Tort liability is part and parcel of human life and activity. In every day life human activity is as numerous as there are human beings. During such activities there are bound to be losses or injuries of many kinds. The purpose of Law of Torts is to adjust these losses and afford compensation for injuries. Interests vindicated by Law of Torts are very many. Course Outline provides you with an organised way of how the Law of Torts vindicates the various interests in a society. Some of the interests which Law of Tort seeks to vindicate include: (I) Interests in Personal Security [Torts of Assault, Battery, False Imprisonment and Negligence]; (II) Interests in Reputation and Dignity [Libel, slander]; (III) Interests in Property [Trespass, Negligence, Nuisance, Strict Liability];
