If you get sued, do you get a criminal record?

Answer 1

No, being sued is a civil matter, not a criminal one.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

On the whole the slightly 'unofficial' term "sue" refers to a civil case, whereby another private individual or organisation (company etc.) takes you to court over a claim, typically for money, nuisance, etc. You won't get a criminal record from a civil case, although the court judgement will be entered against you in some type of record.

Even if the police/CPS charges you with a crime and you therefore end up in court to answer it (which may be what you mean by "getting sued"), you can only get a criminal record if you're actually found guilty.

Either way, being simply charged with something won't create a criminal record.

Answer 4

Definately not because you can only be sued under civil law and to get a criminal record you have to have been convicted under criminal law. Mind you this is all messed up because you are a criminal for stealing a can of beans from a multi-national mega rich supermarlet chain because you are starving but you are only a deviant if you break up someones (or your own) family by being loose with your morals - which can cause a great deal of pain and suffering...the law is all wrong!!!

Answer 5

Sueing is usually done in a Civil, not Criminal Caught, often the one the offence is tried in a Criminal Court, and the accused is found guilty the injured party will then sue for damages in a Civil action. Eg the boxer who injured that couple and has just been release, will now be sued by the couple in a civil court.
So being sued does not get you a criminal record, but the actions resulting in the party sueing you might.

Answer 6

There is a crucial difference between being "sued" and being "prosecuted". In the latter case, if a Court finds you guilty you will have a criminal record. In the former, you may be required by the Court to do something you don't want to do 9e.g. pay money to the person suing you or refrain from doing something which you wanted to carry on doing).

Neither a civil nor a criminal court case is a pleasant experience. avoid courts if you can.

Answer 7

No. The term "being sued" in the context that you are using it means that an action is being taken against you in the civil courts. Civil jurisdiction is different to the criminal courts. The only way of having an offence recorded on your criminal record would be if you were prosecuted, either by the CPS or another prosecuting authority and were convicted of a recordable offence.

Answer 8

.a criminal record is a result from breaking the law..and getting caught...criminal law here..you know innocent until proven guilty...remember OJ Simpson..well they could NOT prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he killed his wife...so he is free...BUT in a civil case where he was sued by his wife's family he was found to be in the wrong and had to pay her family a lot of money for the abuse and harm he caused her. Here the judge only needs to see that OKs actions are causing the pain and suffering her family claims and that because of OJ they lost a great deal.

When you get divorced someone is being sued, to end the marriage partnership, and although you may be a jerk,you are not a criminal.

civil......criminal law one protects our right to grievance against each other ...the other protects our laws by punishing us for hurting each other.

Answer 9

No, you do not get a criminal record as being sued is an entirely different legal procedure.

Answer 10

You don't get a criminal record, but if you "lose" then in the UK you will get a CCJ - County Court Judgment that if you don't pay within 6 months will adversely affect your credit ratings.
You only get a criminal record if you are tried for a crime by a judge or judge and jury and are found guilty. In these court cases the other party is the Crown.