This video races though an entire Australian undergraduate torts law course in the space of just two hours. This chapter is concerned with the torts of assault, battery, false imprisonment and intimidation.Closely allied with these is a further tortious action. Quick Reference Card: Torts, 4th ed, clearly summarises the key principles, legislation and case law relating to tort law in Australia. A tort causes a person to suffer loss or harm. 7.4. So far as concerns the duty of care in the tort of negligence, the basic principle is that a person owes a duty of care to another if the person can. Its principal focus is on the law of negligence including the duty it imposes, breach of that duty, defences and remedies. TORT: To commit a tort is to act in a manner that is wrongful and injurious toward another. Acting in that capacity generally affords the owner personal liability protection for torts committed in the business. Res Ipsa Loquitur. 1.