ABH

Question 1

definition

Answer 1

section 47 offences against the persons act 1861- common assault occasioning actual bodily harm

Question 2

part 1 actus reus

Answer 2

d must commit either an assault or a battery

Question 3

part 2 actus reus

Answer 3

occasioning, means causation
either causation issue OR factual/legal

Question 4

part 3 actus reus

Answer 4

actual bodily harm injuries
miller + chan fook

Question 5

miller

Answer 5

any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the v but it has to be more then trifling

Question 6

chan fook

Answer 6

the injury should not be so trivial as to be wholly insignificant

Question 7

T v DPP

Answer 7

loss of consciousness

Question 8

chan fook/ R v D

Answer 8

psychiatric injury- must be more than human emotion

Question 9

men’s rea

Answer 9

you only need the men’s rea for the assault or battery (savage)