Unit 15 of Law of Torts, Motor Accident Claims and Consumer Protection (syllabus: Trespass to Property). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- Trespass to land is actionable without any damage at all
- When does a lawful entry become a trespass from the very beginning?
- What justifies an entry on another person's land?
- Conversion: dealing with goods in denial of the owner's right
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Leading cases
- Entick v Carrington (1765) 19 State Tr 1029
- Town Area Committee v Prabhu Dayal (AIR 1975 All 132)
- Hollins v Fowler (1875) LR 7 HL 757