assault

Question 1

r v ireland

Answer 1

silent phone calls can be assault

Question 2

smith v woking police

Answer 2

immediate means imminent not instantaneous

Question 3

r v cunningham

Answer 3

defined subjective recklessness as recklessness involves foreseeing a risk and still taking it

Question 4

r v mohan

Answer 4

direct intent is a decision to bring about a particular consequence no matter whether d desires that consequence or not

Question 5

r v woolin

Answer 5

oblique intent is established as a consequence of d action is a virtual certainty

Question 6

r v white

Answer 6

d was causation of v death

but for test

Question 7

r v pagett

Answer 7

d was legal cause of v death

d action need only be a significant cause of v death

police actions not a new intervening act

Question 8

r v jordan

Answer 8

d liability broke as wound mostly healed

further medical treatment was palpably wrong

Question 9

r v blaue

Answer 9

thin skull rule

you must take your victim as you find them

Question 10

r v gibbins proctor

Answer 10

parents owe a duty of care

Question 11

r v fagan

Answer 11

battery can be a continuing act