S47

• Offences Against The Person Act 1861. 
• Defined as assault or battery occasioning actual bodily harm. 
• ‘Any hurt or injury that interferes with the health or comfort of the victim’ (Miller) (Smith)
• ‘psychiatric’ (Chan-Fook)
• momentary unconsciousness (DPP V T)
• cutting hair (DPP V Smith)
• intention (Mohan)
• subjectively reckless as to assault or battery (Cunningham)
• does not have to intend injury (Savage)