Law - Non Fatals - Assault - Flashcards in A Level and IB Law

1. What happened in Lamb 1967?

D standing in V's garden looking at her. Stretched the word immediate to cover the case.
Phone calls may lead the V to fear the possibility of personal violence 'in a minute or two'.
V + D believed that the gun would not fire. No assault. An assault would have been committed if the weapon had been used & the V believed it to be true.
D pointed a gun at V as a joke, was terrified. Doesn't matter what D intended as long as V apprehends or fears violence.

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Sent 800 letters to the V, it caused a 'fear of violence at some time not excluding the immediate future'
His wire broke her legs in an effort to escape him
Phone calls may lead the V to fear the possibility of personal violence 'in a minute or two'
D pointed a gun at V as a joke, was terrified. Doesn't matter what D intended as long as V apprehends or fears violence.

'If it were not assize time I would not take such language from you'. Not an assault. V knew he was not in danger.
His wire broke her legs in an effort to escape him
D pointed a gun at V as a joke, was terrified. Doesn't matter what D intended as long as V apprehends or fears violence.
Sent 800 letters to the V, it caused a 'fear of violence at some time not excluding the immediate future'

D standing in V's garden looking at her. Stretched the word immediate to cover the case
Rubbing of a girls skirt was held to amount to a battery
Cutting a substantial amount of hair can be psychological harm
Phone calls may lead the V to fear the possibility of personal violence 'in a minute or two'