ABH Flashcards
1
Q
ABH act
A
s.47 Offences Against a Person Act 1861
2
Q
ABH definition
A
any hurt or injury that interferes with with the health or comfort of the victim
3
Q
Actus reus
A
That of assault or battery, occasioning actual bodily harm
4
Q
Psychiatric
A
The harm can be psychiatric as in Chan Fook
5
Q
Factual causation
A
‘but for’ the D committing the act, they would not have suffered the ABH
6
Q
Legal causation
A
The D must be the operating and substantial cause meaning that there are no intervening acts which break the chain of causation
7
Q
Mens rea
A
Intent or recklessness
