question archive Canadian civil law: Explain the difference between the torts of assault and battery
Canadian civil law: Explain the difference between the torts of assault and battery
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Canadian civil law:
- Explain the difference between the torts of assault and battery.
- Has an assault occurred if (a) a person receives a threatening phone call? (b) a bank teller is held up with a realistic-looking toy gun? Explain.
- Gerta invites her landlord, Max, to a party in her suite. But Max becomes drunk and obnoxious. Gerta orders him to leave. Does Max have to get out of a suite he owns? Why or why not?
- If Max refuses to leave, is Gerta allowed to forcibly evict him? How much force can she legally use?
- Mati is delivering flyers. He cuts through Miss Cerebus's flower bed, trampling a rare narcissus. Has he trespassed? Explain.
- Students from Marcel Jr. Secondary walk past Mr. Kumquat's cottage. They don't enter, but they do throw candy wrappers and Glutton Gulp cups into his yard. Have they trespassed? Explain.
