Collins v Wilcock

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1984
Year1984
CourtDivisional Court
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  • Ryan Isaacs v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 23 Octubre 2013
    ...This aspect of the case has caused me the most concern and greatest difficulty. This is because, and I read now from Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172 at pages 1177–1178: "The fundamental principle, plain and incontestable, is that every person's body is inviolate. It has long been establ......
  • Scalera v. Lloyd's of London, 2000 SCC 24
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Supreme Court of Canada
    • 3 Mayo 2000
    ...directly interfering with her body, the defendant was also at fault." - See paragraphs 15 to 39. Cases Noticed: Collins v. Wilcock, [1984] 3 All E.R. 374 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 2]. Cook v. Lewis, [1951] S.C.R. 830, refd to. [para. 4]. Goshen v. Larin (1974), 10 N.S.R.(2d) 66; 2 A.P.R. 66; ......
  • Scalera v. Lloyd's of London, (2000) 135 B.C.A.C. 161 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Supreme Court of Canada
    • 3 Mayo 2000
    ...interfering with her body, the defendant was also at fault." - See paragraphs 15 to 39. Cases Noticed: Collins v. Wilcock, [1984] 3 All E.R. 374 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 2]. Cook v. Lewis, [1951] S.C.R. 830, refd to. [para. 4]. Goshen v. Larin (1974), 10 N.S.R.(2d) 66; 2 A.P.R. 66; 56 D......
  • Director of Public Prosecutions v F.B.
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 16 Noviembre 2023
    ...of the Act of 1997. However, it was also long understood as being the position at common law. That understanding is well illustrated in Collins v. Wilcock [1984] 3 All E.R. 374 wherein Robert Goff L.J. stated (at p. 378): “[…] [M]ost of the physical contacts of ordinary life are not action......
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  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 25, 2022 ' July 29, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 2 Agosto 2022
    ...Inglis v Beaty (1878), 2 OAR 453 (CA), Prinzo v Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care (2002), 60 OR (3d) 474 (CA), Collins v Wilcock, [1984] 3 All ER 374 (UK QB), Hurley v Moore (1993), 107 DLR, Fawley v Moslenko, 2017 MBCA 47, Sirois v Gustafson, 2002 SKQB 452, Reibl v Hughes, [1980] 2 SCR 88......
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  • Reasonable Expectation and Public Interest: Would the New Zealand Tort of Invasion of Privacy 'Benefit from Re-Examination'?
    • New Zealand
    • Canterbury Law Review No. 31-2024, January 2024
    • 1 Enero 2024
    ...Law Liberty and Legislation: Essays in Honour of John Burrows QC (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2008) 231 at 243. 241 See Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172 (QB) at 1177. Reasonable Expectation and Public Interest: Would the New Zealand Tort of Invasion of Privacy “Benefit from Re-Examination”? ......
  • PRE-COMMENCEMENT DISCOVERY AND THE ODEX LITIGATION: COPYRIGHT VERSUS CONFIDENTIALITY OR IS IT PRIVACY?
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 Diciembre 2008
    ...Real Online Culprits”[2007] EIPR 108. 14 CBS Songs Ltd v Amstrad Consumer Electronics plc [1988] 2 All ER 484. 15 See Collins v Wilcock[1984] 1 WLR 1172. See also Wilson v Pringle[1987] QB 237. 16 But note that the courts in Singapore generally take the view that Singapore is still a conser......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 81-1, February 2017
    • 1 Febrero 2017
    ...B(MA) [2013] EWCA Crim 3; [2013] 1 Cr App R 36 CA (Crim Div) and Brown [1994] 1 AC 212 HL at 244 (LordJauncey).63. Collins vWilcock [1984] 3 All ER 374 DC.64. FvWest Berkshire Health Authority [1990] 2 AC 1 HL.65. Collins vWilcock [1984] 3 All ER 374 DC, 378.66. FvWest Berkshire Health Auth......
  • Being Informed: The Complexities of Knowledge, Deception and Consent When Transmitting HIV
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 74-3, June 2010
    • 1 Junio 2010
    ...who argue that the rationale in Brown should be applied to all33 [1994] 1 AC 212.34 Def‌ined by Robert Goff LJ in Collins vWilcock [1984] 3 All ER 374 at 377 as ‘an actwhich causes another person to apprehend the inf‌liction of immediate unlawfulforce on his person’.35 Charges of both s. 47......
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