{"id":11623,"date":"2018-05-26T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=11623"},"modified":"2018-07-25T22:26:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T22:26:22","slug":"differences-between-civil-and-criminal-law-in-tort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/differences-between-civil-and-criminal-law-in-tort\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the differences between civil and criminal law in tort?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The table below summarises the key differences between civil and criminal law in <a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/what-is-tort\/\">tort<\/a>:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><strong>Civil court<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><strong>Criminal court<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Opposition<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Disputes between private parties<\/td>\n<td>State against an individual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Parties<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Plaintiff vs Defendant<\/td>\n<td>Prosecutor vs Defendant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Outcomes<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Liable \/ Not liable<\/td>\n<td>Guilty \/ Not guilty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Standard of proof<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Preponderance (more likely than not accurate \u2013 more than 50%)<\/td>\n<td>Beyond reasonable doubt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Consequences (defendant)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Civil damages<\/td>\n<td>Criminal penalties<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Penalties<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Damages\/ fines paid by defendant to plaintiff<\/td>\n<td>Imprisonment, criminal fines paid to the government, even death<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Procedures<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Civil procedure<\/td>\n<td>Criminal procedure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The table below summarises the key differences between civil and criminal law in tort: \u00a0 Civil court Criminal court Opposition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,11],"tags":[299,300,236,197,238,239,237],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What are the differences between civil and criminal law in tort? 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