ABH

Question 1

Definition

Answer 1

S.47 OAPA 1861 as “a common assault that occasions actual bodily harm”

Question 2

Actus reas

Answer 2

Must have committed a common assault
(Assault or battery)

Question 3

Assault-

Answer 3

Lord Goff in Collins v willcock “an act which causes the v to apprehend immediate unlawful force”

Question 4

Battery:

Answer 4

Lord Goff in Collins v Willcock “infliction of unlawful force”
“Unlawful touching” Wilson v Pringle

Question 5

V must have

Answer 5

ABH injuries

Question 6

Miller-

Answer 6

“Any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health and comfort of the V must be more than trifling”

Question 7

Chan Fook-

Answer 7

“Must not be so trivial as to be wholly insignificant”

Question 8

Mens rea

Answer 8

Savage-Only Mens Rea for assault and battery is needed

Question 9

Mens Rea for Assault-

Answer 9

Intention(mohan) or recklessness(Cunningham) to do an act which causes V to apprehend immediate unlawful force (Venna)

Question 10

Mens Rea for Battery-

Answer 10

Intention(mohan) or recklessness(Cunningham) to inflict unlawful force on V (Venna)