Trespass to the Person - Battery
- Created by: Rachel Tyrer
- Created on: 04-03-13 19:07
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- Battery
- Lord Holt LJ "The least touching of another in anger."
- Is there a requirement of hostility?
- YES - Wilson v Pringle
- NO - Collins v Wilcock
- contact must not be generally acceptable in the course of everyday life
- Spitting IS a battery - R v Cotesworth
- Tone rinse without permission = battery - Nash v Sheen
- Operating without consent = battery - Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
- Bumping someone on a bus will not usually amount to battery - Cole v Turner
- contact must not be generally acceptable in the course of everyday life
- Consent is usually a complete defence
- Contrast R v Brown and R v Wilson
- Is there a requirement of hostility?
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