ABH s47

• AR


  There is an assault or battery leading to some harm
• MR

  intention or recklessness as to an assault or battery
• Miller

  ABH defined as ‘any hurt or injury which interferes with the health and comfort of the victim
• R v Chan-Fook

  actual harm means not so trivial as to be wholly insignificant
• T v DPP

  loss of consciousness is an ABH
• DPP v Smith (Michael)

  cutting someone's hair amounts to an ABH, hair is an extension of the body
• Burstow

  ABH can include psychiatric illness
• Savage

  the MR for an ABH is the same as for an assault and battery