In everyday life, every aspect of human endeavour involves a certain degree of risk to life, person and property. The contemporary concept and application of the law of tort seeks to protect legal persons – that is, individuals or corporations – from the wrongful tortious acts or omissions of others. Tort law does not have defined limits on the application of this area of the law and the scope as to what acts or inactions will be held to be ‘wrong’. These will be determined in accordance with notions of what ‘the law’ considers to be ‘reasonable’ in the circumstances of each particular case.