BUS 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: False Imprisonment, Contributory Negligence, Reasonable Person

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 393
• Professor: Richard Yates

Document Summary

Deliberate act intent to harm not required, just intent to perform harmful action. Battery: physical harm: threat must be immediate, unwanted and possible, physical contact not required, intentional and unwanted, not battery if consent for contact given. Self defence: reasonable force, response to immediate threat. Property owner must give trespasser opportunity to vacate. Continuing trespass: structure encroaching on another"s property. Indirect trespass: object inadvertently placed on another"s property. Inappropriate use of property that interferes with neighbour"s use of property. Must have been communicated to a third party. Innuendo: implied defamation via gestures, body language, etc. Absolute privilege: protects statements made within parliament. Qualified privilege: statement made pursuant to duty: person thought statement was true, statement was made without malice, and only communicated to those who needed to know. Fair comment/responsible communication: protects statements made in media: expression of opinion, based on facts known by public, made without malice, reasonable effort made to verify facts.