Assault (Paper 1)

Question 1

Assault causes the victim to feel

Answer 1

Fear

Question 2

Defined assault in Collins v Wilcock

Answer 2

Lord Goff

Question 3

Definition of assault

Answer 3

An act which causes the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force

Question 4

Examples of acts

Answer 4

Words, gestures, silence (Ireland), letters (Constanza)

Question 5

Stage 2 of assault

Answer 5

Victim must apprehend force

Question 6

Ruling from Lamb

Answer 6

No apprehension, no assault. Apprehend means the victim must believe the threat was real

Question 7

Case that held a joke can still be an assault

Answer 7

Logden

Question 8

Stage 3 of assault

Answer 8

Threat of force must be immediate

Question 9

Decision in Smith v Chief of Woking Police

Answer 9

Subjective test, as long as the victim believed the threat of force was immediate, this part of the actus reus is complete

Question 10

Case which held words can negative or cancel an assault

Answer 10

Tuberville v Savage

Question 11

The mens rea of an assault

Answer 11

Intention or recklessness to cause the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force

Question 12

Case which confirmed the mens rea of assault

Answer 12

Venna