BRAINSTORM

Civil causes of action (English examples)

• Breach of confidence
• Breach of contract
• Breach of common law duties
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Breach of statutory duty
• Conversion
• Defamation
  • Libel
  • Slander
• Discrimination
  • Age
  • Disability
  • Equal pay
  • Racial
  • Religious
  • Sex
  • Sexual orientation
• Ejectment
• Fraud
• Infringement
• Invasion of privacy
• Malicious falsehood
• Malpractice
• Misfeasance in public office
• Misrepresentation
• Negligence
• Negligent statements
• Nuisance
  • Animals
  • Liability of occupier for fire
  • Private
  • Public
  • Rule in Rylands v Fletcher
• Public officers and public authority
  • Deliberate abuse of public office or authority
  • Failure to exercise powers
  • Negligence in relation to statutory powers
• Trespass
  • Land
  • Person
  • Property
• Unfair practices
• Wrongful detention of goods
• Wrongful interference with goods
• Vicarious liability