Civil wrong

A civil wrong or wrong is a cause of action under the law of England and Wales.^{[citation needed]} Tort,^[1] breach of contract^[2] and breach of trust^[3][4] are types of civil wrong.

Something that amounts to a civil wrong is said to be wrongful.

A wrong involves the violation of a right because wrong and right are complementary terms.^[5]

A statement that an act complained of is legally wrongful as regards the party complaining implicitly includes a statement that the act complained of prejudicially affects the party complaining in some legal right.^[6]

The law that relates to civil wrongs is part of the branch of the law that is called the civil law.^[7]

A civil wrong is capable of being followed by what are called civil proceedings.^[8]

See also

• Wrong
• Lawsuit

References

1. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 9
2. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 9
3. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 10
4. ^ For more information on breach of trust, which does not yet have an article, see English trusts law#Breach of trust
5. ^ Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. Sixteenth Edition. 1989. Sweet and Maxwell. paragraph 1-14 at page 12.
6. ^ Rogers v Rajendro Dutt (1860) 13 Moo P C 209, 9 WR 149, 15 ER 78. The text reads: "It is essential to an action in tort that the act complained of should under the circumstances be legally wrongful as regards the party complaining; that is, it must prejudicially affect him in some legal right;"
7. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 2
8. ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 3