Tort Law and Duty of Care: Liability of Extortionate Plc for Injury of Samantha

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Tort and Duty of Care..................................................................................................................3
Liability of Extortionate Plc for injury of Samantha...................................................................4
Ethical Consideration bank owe the public.................................................................................5
Possible Defence for Extortionate Plc.........................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Tort can be defined as legal wrong in which party suffers at the hand of other. Tort law
provide regulations and jurisdiction framework under which legal liabilities are determined for
the person who cause suffering to claimant. This study will discuss about tort and the duty of
care for the defendant. Tort involves any act which has been done by defendant which is
intentional emotional distress, negligence, financial loss, injury, invasion of privacy etc. This is
different from criminal law as criminal law provides remedies and actions for criminal activities
and wrong and tort provides measures for civil wrong.
Tort and Duty of Care
Tort in law is known as civil wrong because of which claimant suffers loss or harm, this
law creates legal liability for the person who cause harm and loss to claimant. The person is
known to be defendant. The laws which are covered in tort law are all wrongs which are of civil
nature. Some of the wrongs which are covered in this are emotional distress which is inflicted
intentionally by defendant in claimant (Wright, 2017). Negligence which means failure of
individual to take proper cares regarding something because of which claimant suffers loss or
harm. Financial losses, which means causing economic and financial harm to individual, injuries
means physical injuries and invasion of privacy that means defendant harm and affect privacy of
claimant, all these are also part of civil wrong. Tort law is also in contrast with contract law this
also provides remedy for breach of duty but difference in this is that contractual obligation is one
chosen by the one party of the contract but in tort law is imposed by the law. Similarity in tort
law and contract law is that in both case claimant is required to show that they have suffered
because of defendant either because of direct result or because of breach of duty in contract. Tort
law involves that cause of legal actions in civil torts may not be because of criminal action, the
harm that claimant suffers can be because of negligence as well, which cannot be criminal
negligence. This means that it is not necessary that claimant in tort law suffers because of
intentions of defendant. The claimant can cover their losses as damages in lawsuits.
Duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual and party in which
individual and party requires adherence to standard of reasonable care while performing any act
which can forseeably harm others (Best, Barnes and Kahn-Fogel, 2018). To precede with an