revoked or expires, he or she becomes a trespasser. [page 301 BEARDSMORE, V., and COX, A., Opinion Writing and Drafting in Tort, Cavendish Publishing Limited, 1996] (b) Necessity This defence is not much favoured by the courts. The defence will only be accepted if the defendant can show that it was necessary to enter onto another person's land to preserve life or property. [page 302, BEARDSMORE, V., and COX, A., Opinion Writing and Drafting in Tort, Cavendish Publishing Limited, 1996]. (c) Statutory Authority A number of Written Laws give a right of entry onto property of another person. [page 302, BEARDSMORE, V., and COX, A., Opinion Writing and Drafting in Tort, Cavendish Publishing Limited, 1996].
78 Trespass to Person Actions Trespass to Person Actions consist of three distinct forms of Tortious Liabilities: (a) Assault (b) Battery (c) False Imprisonment Torts of Assault and Battery An assault is an act which causes another person reasonably to apprehend that force will immediately be inflicted upon his or her person. The person who feels threatened need not experience fear, but he or she must believe that the threat is one capable of being executed. Thus a violent gesture by a person who is unable to get near to the person at whom the gesture is directed is not an assault: READ Thomas v National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area) [1985] 2 All ER 120. In popular speech the word `assault' connotes the application of physical force
