NFOs: Battery

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Applying unlawful force intentionally or recklessly

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common law

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Applying unlawful force intentionally or recklessly

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R v Thomas

Force can be the slightest touch

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Wilson v Pringle

Force must applied with hostility. This is inferred from context. Ordinary jostling is not hostile.

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DPP v K

Force can be applied indirectly

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MPC v Fagan

Force can be applied "continuously"

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DPP v Santana-Bermudez

A battery can be committed through an omission

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R v Mohan

Intent means aiming to cause the consequence

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R v Cunningham

Recklessness is where D realises a risk but carries on regardless