assault

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Mind Map on assault, created by theresa.upperton on 20/10/2013.
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Mind Map by theresa.upperton, updated more than 1 year ago
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assault
  1. intention
    1. Savage: threat to harm is enough
    2. means to carry out threat
      1. Stephens v Myers: was stopped from pulling P out of chair. did not have means to carry out so not assualt
        1. Brady: P thought gun was loaded, wasn't. present ability OR pretended ability = assault.
        2. P's perception
          1. Rix: must have reasonable apprehension of imminent battery
            1. Brady: fear of victim not material
              1. Whittaker:(husband banged on door and said he would kill) threat of both words and an act more likely to succeed
              2. awareness
                1. Whittaker: necessary
                  1. Kerr: (axe) not necessary
                  2. conditional threats
                    1. Greaves: (threatened police officer with knife) can be assault
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