Battery

• 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

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