Common Assault and Battery — SQE1 FLK2 Criminal Liability

A shove meant only to push someone away can carry five years, and it makes no difference that you never once thought about hurting him.
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In this episode:
• Assault is apprehension of force; battery is the force itself
• Any touching however slight can be a battery
• Words can create an assault and words can negate one
• Section 47 needs no foresight of the harm at all
• Consent stops at actual bodily harm, with narrow exceptions
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