Non Fatal Offences
- Created by: Launston
- Created on: 13-05-14 13:41
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- Non-Fatal Offences
- Common Assault
- Actus Reus
- Causing apprehension of immediate and unlawful violence
- No need for fear
- Can be by words - Ireland
- Must be immediate - Constanza
- Can be by words - Ireland
- No need for fear
- Causing apprehension of immediate and unlawful violence
- Mens Rea
- Intention or subjective recklessness
- Cunningham recklessness
- Intention or subjective recklessness
- Actus Reus
- Battery
- Actus Reus
- Infliction of force or violence (the merest touching)
- Haystead - can be indirect touching
- Must be non-consensual
- Consent can be implied in everyday situations to an extent - Collins v Wilcox
- Thomas - can be touching of clothes
- Must be non-consensual
- Haystead - can be indirect touching
- Infliction of force or violence (the merest touching)
- Mens Rea
- Intention or subjective recklessness
- Actus Reus
- Assault Occasioning ABH
- Actus Reus
- Common assault or battery resulting in actual bodily harm
- Donovan - more than transient or trifling harm
- Can be physical or by words
- Trying to escape - Lewis
- Psychological - Ireland and Burstow
- Trying to escape - Lewis
- Can be physical or by words
- Donovan - more than transient or trifling harm
- Common assault or battery resulting in actual bodily harm
- Mens Rea
- Intention or subjective recklessness to common assault or battery
- Savage - only half mens rea
- Intention or subjective recklessness to common assault or battery
- Actus Reus
- Wounding/Inflicting GBH
- Actus Reus
- Wounding
- Eisenhower - must be break in skin
- GBH
- DPP v Smith: 'really serious harm'
- Burstow - inflict means cause
- DPP v Smith: 'really serious harm'
- Wounding
- Mens Rea
- Intention or recklessness as to some harm
- Actus Reus
- GBH with intent
- Actus Reus
- Wounding or GBH
- Mens Rea
- Intention or recklessness plus ulterior intent
- Actus Reus
- Consent
- Only a defence to offences less than ABH
- Brown - unless recognised exceptions
- Sports - Barnes
- Horseplay - Aitken
- Distinguished from Wilson in Emmet
- Brown - unless recognised exceptions
- Only a defence to offences less than ABH
- Common Assault
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