Court: Court

Year: 1986

Principle(s): For an act to constitute assault, it must be possible to carry out physical violence

Court: High Court

Year: 1830

Principle(s): An action constitutes an assault if there is a means of carrying out the threat into effect, and not actually carrying out the threat

Court: High Court

Year: 1975

Principle(s): 1. What amounts to assault: An act that puts another in reasonable fear or apprehension of immediate battery; 2. What does not amount to assault: Rudeness, without more, does not amount to assault; 3. What amounts to battery: A direct and intentional application of physical force to the person of the plaintiff by the defendant.