PAPER 1 ASSAULT

Question 1

What is assault defined as?

Answer 1

Conduct which makes the victim apprehend immediate unlawful personal violence

Question 2

How does the Actus Reus occur?

Answer 2

Through acts (Longdon), or through words (Constanza)

Question 3

What else may words do?

Answer 3

They may negate an assault (Savage)

Question 4

What does apprehension require?

Answer 4

Awareness of the unlawful personal violence

Question 5

What does immediate mean and provide an example

Answer 5

Means imminent
I.e the personal violence is hanging over the victim
(Smith v Woking Police)

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Question 6

What is the mean rea of assault?

Answer 6

To intentionally or recklessly make the victim apprehend immediate unlawful personal violence (Venna).