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Definition

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Intention or recklessness as to the application of unlawful force

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Actus Reus

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Application of unlawful force

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‘Slightest of touch’

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Collins v Wilcock

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Unlawful

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Wood

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5
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Direct/touching

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Thomas

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Indirect

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Martin/Haystead

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Consent - ‘ordinary jostling of everyday life’

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Wilson v Pringles

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Mens Rea

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Intention or recklessness

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9
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Factual causation

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But for…(White)

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Legal Causation - operating and substantial

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Smith

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11
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Legal Causation - more than minimal

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Kimsey

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12
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Transferred malice

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same offence but moves from intended victim to actual victim (Church)

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13
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Think-skull

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Take your victims as you find them (Blaue)

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Coincidence

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The AR and MR must coincide (Fagan)

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