Crime
Sometimes when a person has done something wrong, the law says this is not a crime but a 'civil case'. These are also decided in a court, but the passon who loses the case does not go to prison. Usually the person who has done something wrong has to make it right again.
The defendant wrote a song that was the same as someone else's hit song.
The defendant told terrible lies about someone.
The defendant wrote something about someone that was bad and untrue.
The defendant owes money and won't repay it.
After a divorce one parent wants the children.
The defendant did such a bad job that someone was hurt.
The defendant did not take enough care to avoid hurting someone
The defendant promised to do something, and then did not do it.
