Trespass to the person

Battery - Definition

Offensive contact with the plaintiff’s person

Battery - Elements

1. Offensive contact

2. Contact with the plaintiff’s person

3. Intent

Battery - Offensive contact - Collins v Wilcock

Any unwanted physical contact

Battery - Offensive contact - Wilson v Pringle

Contact must be hostile

Battery - Offensive contact - Hayward v O’Keefe

Handcuffed innocent butcher

Battery - Contact with the plaintiff’s person - Garratt v Dailey

Chair pulled away

Battery - Contact with the plaintiff’s person - Pursell v Horn

Clothing counts

Battery - Intent - Williams v Humphrey

Pool prank

Battery - Intent - Vaihu

Police dog had mind of its own

Assault - Definition

Reasonable fear of imminent harmful/offensive contact

Assault - Elements

1. Overt act

2. Reasonable apprehension

3. Immediate battery

4. Intent

Assault - Overt act - Barton v Armstrong

Phone threats

Words alone do generally do not constitute assault but words can create or negate assault

Assault - Immediate battery - Thomas v NUM

Threats from buses not immediate

Assault - Intent - Siri v Speedy

No intent

Assault - Intent - T v H

No conduct, no immediacy, no intent

False imprisonment - Definition

Deliberate confinement

False imprisonment - Elements

1. Positive act

2. Complete confinement

3. Intention

False imprisonment - Positive act - Robinson v Balmain

Turnstile

False imprisonment - Positive act - Herd v Weardale

Miner

False imprisonment - Positive act - Exception

Prior responsibility

False imprisonment - Complete confinement - Bird v Jones

Partial obstruction insufficient

False imprisonment - Complete confinement - Stent

Kept out of NZ but free in Australia

False imprisonment - Complete confinement - Grahame-White Aviation

Need not know confinement

False imprisonment - Intention - Iqbal

Recklessness sufficient

False imprisonment - Intention - Thompson

Administrative mistake insufficient

IIED - Definition

Outrageous conduct causing physical injury or recognised psychiatric illness

IIED - Elements

1. Unjustifiable conduct

2. Damage

3. Intent

IIED - Unjustifiable conduct - Wilkinson v Downton

Husband injured lie

IIED - Unjustifiable conduct - Stevenson v Basham

Burn house threats

IIED - Unjustifiable conduct - Janvier v Sweeney

False spy accusation

IIED - Unjustifiable conduct - Rhodes

Must be directed toward claimant

IIED - Unjustifiable conduct - Fielding v McIntyre

Not directed at claimant

IIED - Damage - Bradley v Wingnut

Distress insufficient

IIED - Damage - Rhodes

Physical harm or recognised psychiatric illness

IIED - Intent - Bradley v Wingnut

Intent may be imputed

IIED - Intent - Rhodes

Actual intent required

IIED - Intent - ABC v West Health 2000

Intent inferred where consequences obvious