LAWS1003A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lange V Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Malicious Falsehood, False Imprisonment
23 Jul 2018
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14th century writ of trespass supplemented by the action of trespass. The remedies, were not exclusively for the protection of plaintiffs against invasions of their bodily integrity --> a trespass could involve interference with goods (chattels) or land, as well as the person. On the whole, the nature of the remedy did not differ much according to the particular interest of the plaintiff that was affected. Certain other torts, omitted altogether from this book, do offer protection against purely financial loss, that is, passing off, injurious falsehood, conspiracy, intimidation and inducing breach of contract. Torts here considered provide remedies for physical injury, damage and loss, they also offer protection to the interest a person has in freedom from humiliation, insult and other indignity. Some also assist to protect a very important modern interest which the law of torts has hitherto taken little account of, that is, privacy. The protection of possession, preventing direct interference with use and enjoyment.
