S.47 OAPA Flashcards
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Chan Fook
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ABH includes psychiatric harm attested to by expert evidence.
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Donovan
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ABH is any injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of V that is more than merely transient of trifling.
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Miller
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ABH can include a “hysterical or nervous condition.”
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Ireland
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There must have been a technical assault or battery for the S.47 offence to be charged.
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Roberts
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“Occasion” may be interpreted as a synonym for “cause”.
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Dhaliwal
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Psychological injury cannot constitute ABH, only psychiatric illness can.
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Savage and Parmenter
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Mens rea for the S.47 offence is to be CONSTRUCTED from that of assault and battery; no advertence needs to be proved as to causing ABH.
