Element 2: Force

Question 1

How much force?

Answer 1

Not much is required

Question 2

Cole v turner

Answer 2

The least touching in anger is a battery

Question 3

F v West Berkshire Area HA

Answer 3

Any touching of another’s body is… capable of amounting to a battery

Question 4

R v Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall

Answer 4

An unwanted kiss may be a battery although the defendant’s intention may be most amicable.