Abh

Question 1

Definition

Answer 1

S.47 offences against the persons Act 1861 as “a common assault that occasions actual bodily harm”

Question 2

Actus reus 3 parts

Answer 2

D must’ve committed a common assault

Question 3

Battery definition

Answer 3

Lord Goff Collins and Willcock “infliction of awful force”

Question 4

Battery - drive force

Answer 4

Touching (Collins b Willcock Lord good quotes) + clothing (Thomas) + indirect touching (Martin)

Question 5

Actus reus 2

Answer 5

Battery must have occasioned the injuries

Question 6

Actus reus 3

Answer 6

V just have abh injuries
Miller - any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health and comfort of a v but just he more then trifling
Must not be so trivial as to be wholly insignificant

Question 7

Mens Rea

Answer 7

Savage men’s Rea for battery needed
Intention (mohan) or recklessness (Cunningham) to inflict unlawful force on the V (Vienna)