- Preface to the Eighth Edition
- New to this Edition
- Abbreviations
- Table of United Kingdom Cases
- Table of Cases from other Jurisdictions
- Table of United Kingdom Legislation
- Table of Legislation from other Jurisdictions
- Table of International Instruments
- Part I Setting the Scene
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Some Advice for the Novice Tort Lawyer
- Part II The Tort of Negligence
- 3. Establishing Liability in Principle: Duty of Care
- 4. Liability for Fault: Breach
- 5. Liability for Damage Caused: Causation and Remoteness
- Part III Special Forms of Negligence
- 6. Liability of Occupiers and Builders
- 7. Breach of Statutory Duty
- 8. Liability of Public and Statutory Bodies
- Part IV Interference with the Person
- 9. Intentional Interference
- 10. Malicious Prosecution
- Part V Land, Chattels, and Intentional Interference with Economic Interests
- 11. Interference with Chattels
- 12. Trespass to Land
- 13. Nuisance
- 14. Deceit
- 15. The Economic Torts
- Part VI Stricter Forms of Liability
- 16. The Rule in <i>Rylands</i> v. <i>Fletcher</i>
- 17. Liability for Animals
- 18. Employer’s Liability
- 19. Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duties
- 20. Product Liability
- Part VII Protection of Human Dignity (in Private Law)
- 21. Defamation and Injurious Falsehood
- 22. The Protection of Human Privacy
- Part VIII Defences and Remedies
- 23. Defences
- 24. Damages
- 25. Other Remedies and Multiple Liabilities
- Index
(p. 343) Part IV Interference with the Person (p. 344)
- Author(s):
Simon Deakin
and Zoe Adams
This chapter begins with a discussion of the meaning of intentional interference. It then considers assault, battery, false imprisonment, and residuary trespass and harassment. Intentional physical interference with the person may occur by way of an act that threatens violence (assault), amounts to unlawful contact (battery), or constitutes the deprivation of liberty (false imprisonment). There is, in addition, a residuary and uncertain form of liability for the intentional infliction of physical harm, known as the rule in Wilkinson v. Downton. These torts are normally actionable without proof of damage and they also involve a sharp distinction being drawn between an act and an omission: the latter will not normally suffice to ground liability.
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- Preface to the Eighth Edition
- New to this Edition
- Abbreviations
- Table of United Kingdom Cases
- Table of Cases from other Jurisdictions
- Table of United Kingdom Legislation
- Table of Legislation from other Jurisdictions
- Table of International Instruments
- Part I Setting the Scene
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Some Advice for the Novice Tort Lawyer
- Part II The Tort of Negligence
- 3. Establishing Liability in Principle: Duty of Care
- 4. Liability for Fault: Breach
- 5. Liability for Damage Caused: Causation and Remoteness
- Part III Special Forms of Negligence
- 6. Liability of Occupiers and Builders
- 7. Breach of Statutory Duty
- 8. Liability of Public and Statutory Bodies
- Part IV Interference with the Person
- 9. Intentional Interference
- 10. Malicious Prosecution
- Part V Land, Chattels, and Intentional Interference with Economic Interests
- 11. Interference with Chattels
- 12. Trespass to Land
- 13. Nuisance
- 14. Deceit
- 15. The Economic Torts
- Part VI Stricter Forms of Liability
- 16. The Rule in <i>Rylands</i> v. <i>Fletcher</i>
- 17. Liability for Animals
- 18. Employer’s Liability
- 19. Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duties
- 20. Product Liability
- Part VII Protection of Human Dignity (in Private Law)
- 21. Defamation and Injurious Falsehood
- 22. The Protection of Human Privacy
- Part VIII Defences and Remedies
- 23. Defences
- 24. Damages
- 25. Other Remedies and Multiple Liabilities
- Index
