Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) (Paper 1)

Question 1

ABH means there is an

Answer 1

Injury

Question 2

Definition of ABH comes from

Answer 2

Section 47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861

Question 3

Definition of ABH

Answer 3

Common assault occasioning actual bodily harm

Question 4

Common assault means

Answer 4

D must commit either an assault or battery

Question 5

Occasioning means

Answer 5

Causation issues

Question 6

Examples of ABH injuries

Answer 6

Extensive or multiple bruising, broken bones (nose, toes, fingers), temporary loss of consciousness, minor cuts requiring treatment, temporary loss of sensory function, psychiatric injury, cutting victim’s hair, chipped tooth or loss of one tooth

Question 7

Definition of ABH injury under Miller

Answer 7

Any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim

Question 8

Case which held the hurt must not be so trivial as to be wholly insignificant

Answer 8

Chan Fook

Question 9

Mens rea of ABH

Answer 9

There isn’t one, so the mens for assault or battery is needed (Savage)