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Quiz on Assault in Tort

1. Which of the following is authority for the principle that an assault does not exists when there is no capacity or possibility of using physical violence against the claimant

Read v Coker

Thomas v National Union of Mineworkers

Letang v Cooper

R v St George

2. Read v Coker is authority for .................................

A conditional threat which causes a reasonable apprehension of harm constitutes an assault

Words may constitute an assault

An empty threat does not constitute an assault

An unintentional act does not constitute an assault.

3. "Reasonable apprehension of harm means fear of harm

True

False

4. Tuberville v Savage is authority for ..................

words may reveal that the defendant had no intention to cause harm despite acting in a physically threatening manner.

that a tort action would succeed if there is physically threatening act irrespective of the words spoken at the time of the act.

that threats do not constitute an assault

that an assault occurs if a threat causes a party to reasonably apprehend imminent harm.

5. Which of the following is not an element of the tort of assault?

Physical touch

Must be a direct act

Reasonable apprehension of imminent harm

An intentional act

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