LAW 122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, Blood Transfusion
9 Jan 2014
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Lawyers use the word assault to describe the crime that occurs when one person physically. It"s enough that the defendant threatened some form of offensive contact: you may commit an assault by swinging your first at me even if i know that you are too far too small to do any harm. Damages for battery may be reduced if the victim provoked the attack. Currently no general tort of invasion of privacy . New zealand"s highest court accepted the argument of a separate tort of invasion of privacy, and australia"s inclined to follow suit, canada isn"t far behind. Ex. a judge imposed liability upon a couple who as part of a petty feud, installed a surveillance camera that monitored their neighbours backyard. The law generally doesn"t prohibit one person from watching another, but the judge held that an intentional invasion of privacy won"t be permitted.
