BPP Tort Law GDL Revision andChapter Notes GRADED A+.

BPP Tort Law GDL Revision andChapter Notes GRADED A+ Tort Revision Ch 2: Trespass to the Person Trespass to the person is the intentional cause of injury, as opposed to the negligent cause of injury. An employer can be vicariously liable for an employee who commits trespass. 1) Assault 2) Battery 3) The Rule in Wilkinson v Downton 4) False Imprisonment Actionable per se: without proof of damage and require an act, not an omission Battery “the direct and intentional application of force by D to C without lawfuljustification”. 1) Intentional a) Letang v Cooper: Negligence is not enough to show intentionality b) Fowler v Lanning: C was shot by D. There would have been no trespass ifthe shooting was caused unintentionally. c) Innes v Wylle: Must be an act, not an omission. d) Livingstone v MOD: Transferred malice still applies