Tort - Trespass to Person

Tests cases for trespass to person

12 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Trespass to person must be intentional
Letang v Cooper - if negligent then sue in negligence
Assault - reasonable apprehension of immediate battery
Stephens v Myers
Assault - words alone
R v Ireland - if in reasonable fear of immediate battery
Battery - act must be hostile
Wilson v Pringle
Battery - act need not be hostile
F v W Berkshire HA
Battery - can be transferred intent
Livingstone v MoD
False imprisonment - knowledge of restraint not needed
Murray
False imprisonment - must be total restraint
Bird v Jones
Defence - consent
Chatterton v Gerson - real and valid
Defence of person
Cockcroft v Smith - reasonable and proportionate force, s/d not retaliation
Defence of property
Green v Goddard - reasonable
Defence of necessity
F v W Berkshire HA - unconscious or mentally disabled