Battery 0.0 / 5 ? LawCriminalUniversityAll boards Created by: EdwardCreated on: 22-02-16 11:13 Collins v Wilcock (1984) Battery involves intentionally or recklessly inflicting unlawful force on a person without consent 1 of 9 Cole v Turner (1705) Force merely requires ‘the least touching of another’, and there need be no harm 2 of 9 Nelson (2013) there must be actual application of physical force 3 of 9 Faulkner v Talbot (1981) it was thought that the battery need not be hostile, or rude, or aggressive 4 of 9 Brown (1994) it is now thought that hostility is required for battery 5 of 9 Collins v Wilcock (1984) there is an implied consent to most of the physical contacts of everyday life, e.g. bumping into someone 6 of 9 Thomas (1985) Ackner J: ‘if you touch a person’s clothes whilst he is wearing them, that is equivalent to touching him’ 7 of 9 DPP V K (A Minor) (1990) Battery can be committed through a medium (no bodily contact required) such as leaving acid in hand drier in toilets 8 of 9 Haystead (2000) The contact does not have to be directly on V, but can be through a medium, e.g. a person holding V 9 of 9
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