Ghana School Of Law PLC Law Of Torts (GLC) Practice Questions - Ghana School Of Law Professional Law Course Law Of Torts Exam

A tort action seeks to compensate the victim through civil damages on a balance of probabilities, whereas a criminal prosecution seeks to punish the offender beyond a reasonable doubt A tort action is initiated by the Attorney-General on behalf of the state, whereas criminal prosecutions are always private Torts require proof of a written statutory code for liability, whereas crimes are based entirely on unwritten common law rules Torts always require proof of a specific intent to cause physical injury, whereas crimes only require proof of negligence