NFO Flashcards
Assault
An Act (Logdon)
Cause victim to apprehend unlawful force (Lamb)
Immediate (Smith v CC of Working)
Unlawful Force - dealt with in Battery.
Mens rea - Cunningham - subjective
Battery
Unlawful (Pringle)
Application (Fagan)
Force (Thomas)
Mens rea - Cunningham - subjective
ABH
An assault or battery - dealt with above
Causing - rules of causation - R v White, R v Kimsey, R v Jordan/Kennedy
Actual Bodily Harm (Miller) - Chan Fook (includes psychological harm as long as its not mere emotions)
Mens rea - Roberts
S.20 & S.18 GBH
Both have same actus reus
Wounding (Brookes)
or Inflicting - same rules as causation - already been explained
Grievous Bodily Harm (Dica)
Mens rea
s.20 - some harm - Savage, Cunningham
s.18 - really serious harm - Morrison (includes resisting arrest)