Foundations of criminal law & non-fatal offences against the person
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| Actus Reus | Physical element of a crime - what D must DO to be guilty
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| Mens Rea | Mental element of a crime - what we must prove about D's state of mind in order for him to be guilty
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| Hill v Baxter | Case that suggested that a man in a car full of bees wouldn't be acting voluntarily
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| Pittwood | Omissions case; rail crossing guard (contractual duty to act)
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| Dytham | Omissions case; police officer (public duty to act)
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| Instan | Omissions case; gangrenous aunt (duty after taking responsibility)
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| Gibbins & Proctor | Omissions case; starved child to death (duty arising from relationship)
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| Miller | Omissions case; squatter accidentally caused fire then failed to act (duty arising from causing a dangerous situation)
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| White | Causation case; poisoned mother
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| Paggett | Causation case; human shield
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| Blaue | Causation case; thin skull rule
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| Jordan | Causation case; medical treatment 'palpably wrong'
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| Smith | Causation case; soldier dropped on way to hospital
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| Roberts | Causation case; V jumped out of car during sexual assault
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| Williams | Causation case; V jumped out of car during robbery
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| Road Traffic Act 1998 | Statutory duty to act
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| Mohan | Case - definition of intent
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| Direct intent | When D desires an outcome
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| Indirect/oblique intent | When the outcome is not D's main desire or purpose but D still intends it
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| Woollin | Case - 'virtual certainty' test
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| Cunningham | Case - test for recklessness (gas meter)
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| G & Another | Case - recklessness must be subjective (fire)
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| Strict Liability | A class of crime that requires no mens rea
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| Shah | SL case; selling lottery tickets to underage buyer
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| Pharmaceutical Society v Storkwain | SL case; supplying drugs without a valid prescription
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| Sweet v Parsley | SL case; but on appeal the crime was said to require mens rea
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| Gammon | SL case that gives guidelines as to when mens rea will be required
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| Contemporaneity | The rule that says that AR and MR must occur at the same time
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| Fagan v Met. Police Commissioner | Case where a 'continuing act' was used to prove contemporaneity
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| Thabo Meli | Case where a 'series of events' was used to prove contemporaneity
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| Ireland | Words or silence can be an assault
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| Constanza | Assault by letters
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| Savage | Outlines MR of ABH
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| Mowatt | Outlines MR of GBH S20
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| Eisenhower | Wound must break 2 layers of skin
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| Smith v Chief Superintendent of Woking Police Station | 'Peeping Tom' assault
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| DPP v K | Indirect battery (acid in hand dryer)
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| Brown & Stratton | Combination of injuries may make up GBH
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| Bollam | Bruising on a child could be GBH
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| Chan Fook | ABH can be mental 'harm' and must be more than trivial
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| DPP v Smith | Cutting hair can be ABH
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| Burstow | Psychological harm may be GBH
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| Dica | GBH by infection with HIV
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| Wilson | Consent as defence to ABH (branding)
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| Brown & Others | Consent failed as defence to GBH (sado-masochists)
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| Logdon | An assault can take place even when D can't carry out the threat
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| Malcherek | Withdrawing life support will not break the chain of causation
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| Martin | Theatre doors - indirect battery
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| T v DPP | Loss of consciousness can = ABH
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| Miller 1954 | ABH = 'designed to interfere with health & comfort'
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| Collins v Willcock | Discussed implied consent
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| Venna | Fight with policeman - MR of Assault/Battery
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