Section 39 Criminal Justice Act 1988 Cases

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V was convicted of assault [Apprehension of immediate force] (Vagrant)
Smith v CSWP
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Silence can amount to an assault (Silent phone calls)
R v Ireland
2 of 13
Words can amount to an assault (Letters sent to V)
R v Constanza
3 of 13
Apprehension; the V thought the gun was unloaded therefore there was none.
R v Lamb
4 of 13
Negation - this is an old case (Sword)
Tuberville v Savage
5 of 13
Everyday contact does not amount to a battery
Collins v Willcock
6 of 13
Touching clothes can amount to a battery (Janitor touched helm of girls skirt)
R v Thomas
7 of 13
Contemporaneity rule - continuing act (Man ran over policeman's foot)
Fagan v MPC
8 of 13
Indirect act can amount to a battery (Iron bar blocking fire escape in theatre)
R v Martin
9 of 13
Indirect act can amount to a battery (Minor was convicted after an acid burn through a dryer)
DPP v K
10 of 13
Indirect act can amount to a battery [Also could be transferred malice] (D punched V who was holding a baby)
Haystead v CC Derby
11 of 13
A battery committed on a child is not lawful if it results in injury (D hit his son with a garden cane)
A v UK
12 of 13
Drinking = recklessness can amount to assault/battery (D was drunk and attacked people in a pub including officers trying to arrest him)
DPP v Majewski
13 of 13

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Silence can amount to an assault (Silent phone calls)

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R v Ireland

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Words can amount to an assault (Letters sent to V)

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Apprehension; the V thought the gun was unloaded therefore there was none.

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Card 5

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Negation - this is an old case (Sword)

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