Deck 15: Intentional Interferences With the Person

Question 1

The definitions of the torts of assault, battery, and false imprisonment are typically taken from which case?

A) Wilson v Pringle
B) Wilkinson v Downton
C) Collins v Wilcock
D) Cole v Turner

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following are characteristics of the trespass to the person torts? Please select all that apply.

A) They must be committed intentionally
B) They can be committed negligently
C) They are only actionable if they cause loss
D) They must cause direct and immediate harm
E) They are actionable without proof of harm

Answer 2

A,D,E

Question 3

Match For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
-Stephens v

A) Myers
B) Downton
C) Prison Officers Association
D) Home Office

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Match For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
-Wilkinson v

A) Myers
B) Downton
C) Prison Officers Association
D) Home Office

Question 5

Match For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
-Iqbal v

A) Myers
B) Downton
C) Prison Officers Association
D) Home Office

Question 6

Match For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
-Wainwright

A) Myers
B) Downton
C) Prison Officers Association
D) Home Office

Question 7

Can silence ever amount to an assault in tort law?

A) Yes
B) No
C) It depends

Question 8

Unlawful touching will only amount to a battery if it is hostile.

Question 9

A claim for false imprisonment is most likely to co-exist with a claim under which article of the European Convention on Human Rights?

A) Article 2
B) Article 5
C) Article 8
D) Article 11

Question 10

Which rule did Lord Hoffmann say in Wainwright v Home Office should have 'no leading role in the modern law of tort'?

A) The rule in Wilkinson v Downton
B) The rule in Rylands v Fletcher
C) The rule in Wilson v Pringle
D) The rule in Victorian Railways Commissioners v Coultas

Question 11

Conduct which is 'in the particular circumstances … reasonable' is excluded from the remit of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 by which section of the Act?

A) 3(2)
B) 7
C) 3(1)
D) 1(3)(c)

Question 12

A competent adult may withhold their consent to any treatment, (including food) even if said treatment is in their best interests, or necessary to save their life.

Question 13

Match the following definitions to the correct tort.
-'An act which causes another person to apprehend the infliction of immediate, unlawful force on his person'

A) Assault
B) Battery
C) False imprisonment

Question 14

Match the following definitions to the correct tort.
-'The actual infliction of unlawful force on another person'

A) Assault
B) Battery
C) False imprisonment

Question 15

Match the following definitions to the correct tort.
-'The unlawful imposition of constraint on another's freedom of movement from a particular place'.

A) Assault
B) Battery
C) False imprisonment

Question 16

RaRa used to date Topsy. After they have broken up, RaRa posts a naked image of Topsy online in order to get back at her. Hufty advises Topsy that she wouldn't be able to use the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 because RaRa's actions do not amount to a 'course of conduct'. Is this true?