battery Flashcards
1
Q
whic case and lord defined a battery
A
lord goff in colins v wilcock
2
Q
what did lord goff defin a battery as
A
batter was defined as the actual infliction of unlawful force
3
Q
stage 1
A
touching(collin v wilcock)
touching however slight may amount to a battery
4
Q
side rule for stage 1
A
clothing - touching the victims clothes is like touching the victims skin (thomas)
5
Q
side rule 2 for stage 1
A
indirect batter is still a battery(martin)
6
Q
stage 2
A
the touching must be unlawful hostile or agressive (wilson v pringle)
7
Q
mens rea
A
the intention (mohan) or recklesness (cunningham) to inflict the unlawful force on the v (venna )
