Battery

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Rozanna Omran

Cards (3)

  • What is a Battery?
    To be guilty of a battery, D must intentionally or recklessly apply unlawful force to V: COLLINS v WILCOCK
  • Actus Reus of Battery:
    • Force can include the slightest touching, but not the ordinary ‘jostling’ of everyday life: COLLINS v WILCOCK.
    • Touching his or her clothes may be enough, even if V feels nothing: THOMAS
    • Unlawful force may be applied through an indirect act
  • Mens rea of Battery:
    The mens rea of battery requires that D either intends or is reckless as to applying unlawful force to V: VENNA.