ABH AO1

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What is the definition of ABH?

Any injury or hurt calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim (Miller)

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What must cause the ABH injury?

An assault or battery

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Examples of ABH

Minor cuts, broken nose, psychiatric injury (Chan Fook), temporary loss of consciousness (T v DPP)

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What is factual causation?

"But for" the defendant's actions would the victim have suffered the injury (Pagett)

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What is legal causation?

The defendant's conduct must be more than a minimal factor in causing the consequence (Kimsey)

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Intervening acts

There must be no intervening acts which break the chain of causation (Jordan)

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What mens rea is needed for ABH?

The mens rea for the assault or battery is sufficient (Savage)