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What cases confirm this definition of assault?

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Fagan v MPC

R v Ireland; Burstow

1
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Define assault

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  • when D ‘intentionally or recklessly
  • causes another person to apprehend immediate
  • and unlawful
  • personal violence
2
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what if the victim does not apprehend violence for assault? what case?

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  • R v Lamb

- no assault because the V did not fear the possible infliction of violence

3
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what if D cannot carry out the threat for assault? What case?

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Logdon v DPP

- fake gun irrelevant; V believed he could carry out the threat so he committed an assault.

4
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What cases clarified that words alone could form the basis for assault?

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  • R v Wilson
  • “get out the knives”
  • R v Ireland, Burstow
5
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What case states that the threat of violence must be immediate for assault?

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  • Tuberville v Savage
6
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What cases suggest that courts will interpret ‘immediate’ loosely for assault?

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  • Smith v Superintendent of Woking Police Station
  • R v Ireland; Burstow
  • R v Constanza
7
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For assault, what is meant by violence?

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physical damage only

8
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What is the MR for assault? What case?

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  • R v Venna
  • intention or recklessness
  • as to causing the V to apprehend
  • immediate and unlawful violence
9
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For assault, what test is used for recklessness? from what case?

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  • R v Cunningham test

- that this test is appropriate was confirmed in R v Savage; Parmenter

10
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define battery. What case?

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  • actual intended use of unlwful force
  • to another person without his consent
  • Fagan v MPC
11
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How significant must the force be for battery?

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  • the merest touching: Collins v Wilcock

- R v Thomas includes clothing

12
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How aggressive does a touching need to be for battery?

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  • not at all
  • Faulkner v Talbot (underage boy sleeping with his teacher)
  • no need for hostility
13
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How does indirect application of force work for battery?

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  • Haystead v DPP
  • D’s force to a woman holding a baby caused her to drop it; his indirect application of force harmed the baby
  • DPP v K
  • acid in a hand dryer enough
14
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What is the MR for battery? what case?

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R v Venna

- D intentionally or recklessly applied force to the person of another

15
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What gives the sentencing advice for actual bodily harm?

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s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861

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What is the AR for actual bodily harm?

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  • R v Irelan; Burstow and DPP v Little
  • an assault or battery
  • both MR and AR for the assault or battery must be satisfied
17
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what does ‘occasioning’ in actual bodily harm mean?

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  • that the assault or battery must cause actual bodily harm. normal principles of causation (but for + legal test) apply
18
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What was the courts ratio in DPP v Santa-Bermudez?

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  • D created a danger (by exposing the officer to risk from the needle)
  • D failed to avert that danger (by not telling the officer about the needle)