BUS 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Qualified Privilege, False Imprisonment, Substantive Law

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 312
• Professor: George W. Blazenko

Document Summary

Torts (intentional: deliberate acts that cause harm, action = intentional, not injury, gibes right to sue and seem remedies\compensation. False imprisonment: complete restraint w/o authority (eg. police, when someone demands, another person accompany them or, remain in certain location, not always actionable. If someone really did commit a crime, private citizen can make arrest: reasonable time force. Trespass to land: coming on to another"s land w/o permission ro authority. Can also be indirect: throwing something on the land, structure is built and encroaches on another"s property, customers can be trespassers, overstay their welcome, break rules. False: derogatory, refers to plaintiff, harms plaintiff, must be published, heard or read by someone other than the two parties involved, libel: written, most srs because more permanent, slander: spoken, defences. Facts: mistake: every effort is made to be diligent and truthful even if the day isn"t true, defamation is the hardest thing to sue for.