Legal liability is a legal responsibility under the law.
If a person or entity (a company) does not uphold this
responsibility, they may be held liable for the damages that might
arise from it. The law segregates the liabilities into three types
known as: civil, administrative and criminal liability. This
article will focus on the overview of civil liability along with
the types of liabilities it gives rise to.
Civil Liability and Criminal Liability
To understand civil liability, we must distinguish between civil
and criminal liability. A person who suffers damage or injury from
another person's breach of obligation can seek financial
remedies in a civil court. Such lawsuit is filed by a private
person against another private person seeking compensation for the
damage. Criminal liability, on the other hand, develops when bad
acts are recognized as crimes under the Penal Code of Bahrain, and
a punishment is demanded by the public prosecution based on
