Where is ABH defined?
S.47 Offenses Against The Person Act
Define ABH
An Assault occasioning in Actual Bodily Harm
What is the AR of ABH?
Explain AR common assault
D commits either Assault or Battery
Explain AR Occasioning
Establish Factual and Legal Causation
Explain AR ABH
V suffers physical or psychiatric harm
- R v Chan Fook
A - No so trivial as to be wholly insignificant
B - Physical or psychiatric harm
H - Injury beyond interface of V’s health/comfort
What is the MR for ABH
MR for original Common Assault