ABH Flashcards
1) I - The D (name) may be liable for __.
1) ABH
2) D - ABH is defined under s.47 __ against the person act __ as “ A common assault that __ actual bodily harm”.
1) offences
2) 1861
3) occasions
3) E - 1. The D must have __ a common assault (assault or __ )
1) committed
2) battery
4) A - APPLY - Identify whether an assault or battery may have been committed. Explain the __ __ only of the __ or battery:
1) actus rea
2) assault
5) D - Define assault - Lord Goff in Collins v __ - “ An act which causes V to __ immediate __ force”
1) wilcock
2) apprehend
3) unlawful
6) E - D must do an act - __, gestures, even __ (Ireland)
SIDE RULE - written letters, __, texts (___)
A - Can you see an act __ by the D?
1) words
2) silence
3) emails
4) constanza
5) done
7) E - The V must apprehend __ (lamb) if there is no ___, there is no assault. This is __ to the V.
SIDE RULE - __ - even a joke can be an __ if it makes the V apprehend force (__)
A - Did the V apprehend __?
1) force
2) apprehension
3) subjective
4) jokes
5) assault
6) logden
7) force
8) E - The __ of force must be immediate ( __ to the V) - (smith v chief of woking police)
SIDE RULE - words may __ the assault ( __ )
A - Did the V __ the force was __?
1) threat
2) subjective
3) negate
4) tuberville v savage
5) believe
6) immediate
9) D - Battery is defined by __ Goff in Collins v wilcock as “ the __ infliction of __ force”.
1) Lord
2) actual
3) unlawful
10) E - Touching - Lord Goff in Collins v wilcock. “ __ touching, however slight, may __ to a battery”
SIDE RULE: __ - touching the V’s clothing whilst they are __ them is almost like touching the V’s __ (Thomas)
1) any
2) amount
3) clothing
4) wearing
5) skin
11) SIDE RULE 2 - __ battery is still a battery - (booby __ or transferee malice style __ ) - ( __ )
A - APPLY - Did the _ touch the _?
1) indirect
2) trap
3) touching
4) Martin
5) D
6) V
12) E - The touching must be unlawful meaning “__ or __” (Wilson v __ )
1) hostile
2) aggressive
3) Pringle
13) 2) E - The assault/battery must have ___ (caused) the __ (this is an issue of causation)
A - APPLY also add any causation issues
1) occasioned
2) injuries
14) 3) E - The V must have __ __
Miller - “any hurt or injury __ to interfere with the __ and comfort of a V but must be more than __”.
1) ABH injuries
2) calculated
3) health
4) trifling
15) Chan __ - “must not be so __ as to be __ insignificant”
1) Fook
2) trivial
3) wholly