Trespass to the Person Cases

Collins v Wilcock 1984

Core definitions for all 3 torts.

Bird v Jones 1845

restraint has to be total restraint of the person

Cole v Turner (1704)

The least touching of another in anger is battery

Nash v Sheen (1953)

Indirect force suffices

Scott v Shepherd (1773)

intent transfers through intermediaries

R. v Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall, ex parte CEGB (1982)

Good motive does not negate battery

R v Wilson (1955)

Words are sufficient for assault

R v Ireland (1998)

Silence could amount to assault.

R v St George (1840)

If C truly believes they're in danger it's an assault (unloaded gun)

Read v Coker (1853)

D must have capacity to apply force immediately

Tuberville v Savage (1669)

Words indicating there will be no violence may prevent an act from being an assault

Iqbal v Prison Officers Association (2010)

Mere carelessness or negligence is not enough

Wilson v Pringle (1987)

Hostility requirement is suggested

Re F

Casts substantial doubt on Wilson v Pringle

Meering v Grahame-White Aviation

The claimant does not need to know of the imprisonment