What is Civil Law? How is it different from criminal law, business law or family law?
Civil Law is the law that applies to private rights (as opposed to criminal matters) and defines how we are to treat and interact with each other. It encompasses primarily contract, property, and tort law. It basically defines how we are to interact with one and another in our dealings and code of behavior (non-criminal). Matters commonly considered a civil matter are breach of contract, negligence, intentional torts (civil assault and battery, trespass, etc.), strict products liability, invasion of privacy, defamation (slander & libel), civil fraud, wrongful death, personal injury, etc. Our Newport Beach, Orange County civil law practice has extensive experience in a variety of general civil litigation matters including contract, property, and tort (fraud, defamation, negligence, etc.) actions and has provided representation in both a plaintiff capacity and a defendant capacity from the initial pleadings all the way through trial and even through post judgment remedies.
