Tort Trespass to the Person

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Tort Law Flashcards on Tort Trespass to the Person , created by Laura Millward on 01/11/2017.
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Fowler v Lanning No trespass if causes unintentionally and without fault.
Letang v Cooper Restricted trespass to intentional acts.
Wilson v Pringle Intention relates to the contact and not to level of harm. Battery = intentional touching accompanied by hostility. No battery if could have been expressly or impliedly consent to.
Iqbal v Prison Officers Association Intention to apply force includes subjective recklessness
Livingstone v MOD Doctrine of transferred malice applies
Reynolds v Clarke Must be direct act.
Scott v Shepherd Direct includes an application of force that is direct and immediate result of the defendant's actions.
Fagan v MPC Police officer, car on foot. This was held not to be an omission when he didn't move car. Direct application of force via car.
Dodwell v Burford Direct contact can be applied without touching person - hit horse.
R V Cotesworth Spitting is a trespass to the person
Hopper v Reeve Drove towards another deliberately.
DPP V K Sulphuric acid in a hand dryer.
Nash v Sheen Hairdresser dying hair without permission is battery.
F v W. Berks Health Auth Not ill will but doing something without consent = hostility.
R v Wilson 'Get the knives out' = assault
R v Ireland Silence can = assault
Tuberville v Savage "If it wasn't for... then i would... " with hand on sword. Words negate assault.
Thomas v NUM Miners strike being transported through the picket line in vehicle. Threat to harm in future unlikely to be an assault.
Stephens v Myers Lunged in a meeting. Very much immediate. Assault.
Subjective test Would reasonable person in claimant's position apprehend immediate battery?
False Imprisonment Directly and intentionally cause complete restriction of claimant's liberty without lawful justification.
Collins v Willcock Police officer stopping someone from leaving. No grounds to do so. Assault.
Iqbal v Prison Officers Association Subjective reckless will suffice for false imprisonment - knows that restraint is likely consequence of actions but goes ahead. Prison officer strike meant that he had to stay in his cell.
R v Governor of Brockhill Prison ex p Evans False imprisonment must be direct and intentional. Prisoner kept in after he should had bee released. Gvnr didn't realise but irrelevant as he kept him in.
Bird v Jones Being stopped from walking over a bridge is not a false imprisonment as could go the other way.
Meering v Grahame - White Aviation Claimant told to go to bosses office. Waited without knowing that there were people outside that would have stopped him from leaving. Do not need to be aware that you are being restrained.
Davidson v CC N. Wales No need for any force. Words can suffice.
Robinson v Balmain New Ferry 1p to cross river, paid to get through barrier, tried to get back through without paying another 1p. Not falsely imprisoned. He could have paid.
Herd v Weardale Steele Miner finished work early (refused to work full hours). Demanded to be taken up earlier. Refused. Held to conditions he had accepted when he went down. No false imprisonment
R v St George Unloaded gun held at claimant who didn't know = assault.
Chatterton v Gerson If nature and purpose know then consent defence.
R v Williams Sex to help singing. Did not give valid consent as she didn't understand what she was consenting to. No defence.
Appleton v Garrett Dodgy dentist carried out unnecessary work for money. Did obtain true consent. No defence
Collins v Wilcock PC on member of public. Implied consent. Defence.
R v Richardson Unregistered dentist gave competent treatment. Consent was valid.
R v Tabassum Breast exam research. Consented but wasn't a doctor and wasn't researching so not true consent.
R v Brown If there is ABH suffered then it is immaterial that there is consent.
Re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Medical Treatment) Necessity to 'avoid an inevitable and irreparable evil.' Evil inflicted must not be disproportionate to evil prevented.
Collins v Wilcock If police arrest lawfully then there is a defence - Statutory Authority
R v H Lawful chastisement defence - court will examine time, level and what done etc.
Lane v Holloway What is reasonable force is question of fact for each case.
Cockcroft v Smith Biting off a finger to prevent someone from poking you in the eye is not justifiable self-defence.
Wilkinson v Downton Rule Deliberate act or words Calculated to cause harm to the claimant Harm caused Unlawful - no lawful defence
Janvier v Sweeney Wilkinson and Downton Told being investigated as a spy and wasn't.
Rhodes v OPO Wilkinson and Downton Rule Family distressed that Rhodes had written a book discussing abuse he had experienced. Supreme court decision - not calculated to cause harm.
Wainwright v Home Office Wilkinson and Downton Rule Strip searched on prison visits. Not to everyone's taste but there needs to be harm not just upset.
Wong v Parkside Health NHS Wilkinson and Downton Rule Promoted and colleagues mocked. Insufficient harm caused.
Bird v Holbrook Spring gun to deter. Shoots whoever sets off trap. Not reasonable so not self-defence.
Murray v MOD For kidnap you do not need to know that you are completely restricted. Told to wait in office, unbeknownst to M people outside the door to prevent him leaving
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