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Battery
Fichas del conjunto (12)
- 1R v Thomas (case facts)A school care taker touched a 12 year old girls's skirt
- 2R v Thomas (legal principle)Touching clothes is equivalent to touching him.
The lightest touch will be sufficient - 3Wilson v Pringle (case facts)D grabbed the bag of another boy causing V to fall over
- 4Wilson v Pringle (legal principle)Battery the contact must be proved to be hostile
- 5Fagan v MPC (case facts)D parked on a pc's foot. Initially it was an accident. When asked to move he refused
- 6Fagan v MPC (legal principle)Force can be applied via a continuing act
- 7DPP v K (case facts)D poured sulphuric acid into a hand dryer, another boy then used the hand dryer and was hit in the face with acid
- 8DPP v K (legal principle)Force can be applied indirectly eg via an object
- 9DPP v Santana- Bermudez (case facts)D allowed a PC to search his pockets knowing he had needless in his pockets
- 10DPP v Santana- Bermudez (legal principle)Force can even be applied by an omission but only where D has a duty to act and fails to perform that duty
- 11R v MohanIntention is where the defendant aims to apply unlawful force
- 12R v CunninghamRecklessness is where a D realises the risk of applying unlawful force and carries on regardless
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- Key cases on the law of Battery
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