ASSAULT cases ar&mr

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what happened in Fagan v mpc
D accidentally drove onto the policeman's foot. The policeman shouted at him to get off. D refused to move. argued at the time of the actus reus, the driving onto the foot, he lacked the mens rea of any offence since it was purely accidental. When he
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what did fagan v mpc define assault as:
Courts defined ASSAULT as "Any act which intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful violence"
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which case showed that language can constitute and that silent phone calls
Ireland 1997
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what happened in Tuberville 1997
A man placed his hand on his sword and told another, “If it were not assize-time, I would not take such language.” The justices of assize were in town.
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what does Tuberville show
languege can stop something from being an assault for example D describes an if scenario
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name the case and what it proves /concerns "Man trespassed into women’s house at night stared at her through window despite her screaming he continued to do so.
Smith v Woking Cheif Superintendent Woking p s 1983.
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name the case that established the mr as established that subjective recklessness applies to non-fatal offences against the person.
savage Parmenter 1991
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