ABH

Question 1

What act is ABH defined under

Answer 1

Offences against a persons act 1861

Question 2

What is ABH defined as

Answer 2

A common assault that occasions actual bodily harm

Question 3

What is part 1 of the actual Reus for ABH

Answer 3

the D must have commuted a common assault (assault or batter)

Question 4

Which case defines both battery and adult

Answer 4

Lord Goff in Collins v wilcock

Question 5

What is assault defined as

Answer 5

An act- Ireland
Apprehend- lamb
Immediate threat of force- smith

Question 6

What are the side rules for assult

Answer 6

Words- Constanza
Jokes- logden
Worded cancel assult- tuberville v savage

Question 7

What is battery defined as

Answer 7

Infliction of unlawful force

Question 8

What are the cases in battery

Answer 8

Touching- Collins v wilcock
Unlawful force- wilson v Pringle

Question 9

What are the side rules for touching

Answer 9

Clothing- Thomas
Indirect- Martin

Question 10

What is stage 2

Answer 10

The assault/battery must have occasioned the injuries (causation issues)

Question 11

What is stage 3

Answer 11

The v must have ABH injuries

Question 12

What does the case miller say

Answer 12

Any injuries calculated to interfere with the health of a v but must be more than trifling

Question 13

What does chan fook say

Answer 13

Must not be so trivial as to be wholly insignificant

Question 14

What does the case savage say

Answer 14

Only the mens rea is needed

Question 15

Assult mens rea

Answer 15

Intention or recklessness to cause the v to apprehend immediate unlawful force
(Mohan) (Cunningham) (Vienna)

Question 16

Battery mens rea

Answer 16

Intention or recklessness to inflic unlawful force on the v
(Mohan) (Cunningham) (Vienna)