AR - s47

• What is the actus reus of s47 ABH?

  The defendant commits an assault or battery occasioning actual bodily harm
• What are the three elements of the actus reus of s47 ABH?

  Assault or battery

  Occasioning

  Actual Bodily Harm
• Which case tells us there must be an assault or battery?

  Chan-Fook
• What does 'occasioning' mean according to Roberts?

  Causes - causation
• Which case tells us occasioning means causation?

  Roberts
• According to Miller, what is Actual Bodily Harm defined as?

  Hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim; it need not be permanent but shouldn't be so trivial as to be wholly insignificant
• Which case defines Actual Bodily Harm?

  Miller
• Which case tells us that Actual Bodily Harm can include psychiatric injury or the cutting of hair?


  Chan-Fook
• What does Chan-Fook tell us Actual Bodily Harm can include?

  Psychiatric injury or the cutting of hair
• What are examples of s47 ABH?

  Bruises

  Scratches and grazes

  Minor sprains

  Fractures

  Broken nose

  Broken teeth

  Temporary loss of consciousness

  Psychiatric injury
• What does R v D tell us about psychiatric injury?

  Must be recognised
• Which case tells us loss of consciousness amounts to Actual Bodily Harm?

  Abbas
• What does Abbas tell us amounts to Actual Bodily Harm?

  Loss of consciousness