words or writing
constanza
silence
ireland
words indicating no violence
tuberville v savage
tuberville v savage
held it was held that this did not amount to an assault as the words indicated that no violence would occur
application of force indirectly
dpp v K
DPP V K
held d was convicted of s.47 ABH it was held that common assault could be commited by an indirect act
AR cases battery
DPP V K
Thomas
thomas
the COA held that touching and rubbing a womans skirt is equivlant to touching the person wearing the clothing and so could amount to battery
mens rea
venna
venna
D does not need to intend the crime they can be subjectively reckless