Tuberville v Savage [1669] EWHC KB J25

What is interesting about English common law is the historical and, in this case, ancient application of principles that can still be relevant today. Through the mist of time as we cast our mind back to studies at University some cases stick out. This was the case when it came to an assault under tort law. Think of a tort as a ‘wrong’. There are various torts. Some relate to economic wrongs, others relate to wrongs done about a person like defamation. Some torts relate to the person like battery (bodily hard), personal injury and assault.