AR - Battery

• What are the three elements of the actus reus of battery?

  Application, Unlawful, Physical force
• What is the 'application' element of the actus reus of battery?

  The 'application' can be indirect it need not be direct
• What is a case for 'application'?

  DPP v K
• What is the 'unlawful' element of the actus reus of battery?

  Where there's no defence OR there is implied consent
• What is the case for implied consent for battery?

  Collins v Willcock
• What is implied consent for battery?

  In some situations there is an implied consent to 'touch' as long as the force is no more than necessary
• What are examples in Collins v Wilcock where force is lawful and would not amount to a battery?

  Lawful arrest, self-defence, ordinary physical contacts of everyday life, Tapping another
• What is the 'physical force' element of the actus reus of battery?

  The slightest touching will amount to a battery
• What case states that the slightest touching will amount to a battery?

  Collins v Wilcock
• What is the actus reus of battery?

  The application of unlawful physical force
• What does Collins v Wilcock tell us about Battery?

  The slightest touch can amount to a battery and in some situations there may be implied consent to 'touch'
• What case tells us that touching a person's clothing whilst they're wearing it is a battery?

  Thomas
• What case tells us that a battery does not need to be direct?

  DPP v K
• What does the case of "DPP v K" tell us about an application for battery?

  It need not to be direct