are bound to occur in our society. It is obvious that in any society of people living together numerous conflicts of interest will arise and that the action of one man or group of men will from time to time cause or threaten damage to others. This damage may take many forms-injury to the person, damage to physical property, damage to financial interests, injury to reputation and so on--and whenever a man suffers damage he is inclined to look to the law for redress....". 2 Law of Tort, like other branches of the Law is instrumental in maintaining social tranquillity. Instead of resorting to private revenge and retaliation, the Law of Torts provide the remedies keeps the society off private revenge. In a way Law of Tort remedies maintain the stability and cohesiveness of a society concerned. We can conveniently summarise some of the areas you will cover in your THREE units of the Law of Torts Manual. Our summary would run in the following way: 2
W. V. H., ROGERS, Winfield and Jolowicz on Tort, 11th Edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 1979: page 1.
8 Type of Injury/ damage Type of Tort resorted to by the complainant. Injury to the person Trespass to Person action of Assault; Battery Damage to physical property Can, depending on the facts, be covered by Trespass to Goods; or Trespass to Land; or Negligence; or Strict Liability; Or Nuisance Damage to Financial Interest Depending on facts of the case, may be covered by the Torts of:
