69 TOPIC TWO: INTENTIONAL TORTS This Topic will cover the following Tortious Liabilities otherwise known as Intentional Torts: (a) Battery and Assault (b) False Imprisonment 2. Malicious Prosecution 3. Interference with Chattels: (a) Trespass to Goods (b) Conversion (c) Detinue 4. Trespass to land. Read Generally: Trespass and Intentional Interferences With Persons, Property and Chattels: KLAR, Lewis N., Tort Law, Thomson Professional Publishing Canada, 1991; You should also read textbooks, articles and all case law expounding on INTENTIONAL TORTS. You should, at the end of the day have a good grasp of the following: (a) Definitions and all elements/ingredients constituting each tort; (b) Defences to Trespass to Land, Goods and to Person; (c) Trespass via animals.
70 Introduction to TOPIC II Ownership and occupation of land has been central to the historical development of civil law. Land often represents the largest capital investment for its owners; it also represents emotional bonds as it can be, and often is, a home and a refuge. When ownership or occupation is challenged it often produces disputes between neighbours. 27 Tort action dealing with direct interferences with Persons, their Chattels and their Land stem from the writs of trespass vi et armis
