Assault and Battery

• actus reus of assault:


  any act that causes v to apprehend immediate unlawful violence -> Collins v Wilcock [1984]
• mens rea of assault:

  intention to cause v to apprehend immediate unlawful violence or reckless thereto -> Venna
• Defences to assault:


  -consent

  -general defences
• What are the two elements of actus reus of assault?

  1. action by the d
  2. reaction by v (interprets it as threatening)
• mens rea

  
• actus reus of battery:

  Actual infliction of unlawful force on the body of another -> Collins v Wilcock
• mens rea of battery:

  Intention to inflict unlawful force or subjective recklessness thereto -> Venna
• Defences to battery:

  • consent
  • general defences
• mens rea