Battery

Cards (7)

  • s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
  • Grazes, scratches, and minor bruising can all constitute a battery.
  • The actus reus for battery is the application of unlawful physical force on another.
  • Collins v Wilcock: "Unavoidable, everyday touching"
  • Thomas: "Touching a person's clothes is the same as touching the person themselves"
  • Haystead v Chief Constable of Derbyshire: Indirect battery.
  • The mens rea of battery is intention or subjective recklessness as to the application of unlawful physical force on another
    Venna