Assault and Battery in UK Law
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Battery Powered? - The Need for Reform of Common Assault
The law on common assault and battery remains inexplicably detached from the major offences against the person and indeed requires serious reform to ensure that the law on common assault is suitabl...
- ‘A General Description’: Incorporating Battery Into a Generic Charge of Common Assault: R (on the application of Ward) v Black Country Magistrates’ Court [2020] EWHC 680 (Admin)
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R v Savage, DPP v Parmenter and the Law of Assault
... ... ‘Battery’ was intentionally or recklessly causing unlawful impact to another, but the terms ‘assault’ and ‘common assault’ were ... ...
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The Social Origins of Plea Bargaining: An Approach to the Empirical Study of Discretionary Leniency?
... ... ±1860 (Simple Random Sample) 1830 1840 1850 1860 Personal Safety Assault and battery (A&B) 32 24 17 19 A&B with glass tumbler ± ± 1 ... ...
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Discrimination Law Association
... ... Victims of harassment may have an action for: - assault, battery and/or false imprisonment (in the county court or High ... ...
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Common Assault: Alternatives and Attempts
... ... Court of AppealCommon Assault: Alternatives and AttemptsR vNelson (Gary) [2013] EWCA Crim 30Keywords Common assault; Battery; Attempt; Alternative verdictsThe appellant Gary Nelson (N) was tried before Leeds Crown Court on23 January 2012 on one count of assault by beating ... ...
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Judicial Review of Conviction for Simple Assault where Charge Alleges Assault by Beating: R (on the application of Kracher) v Leicester Magistrates' Court [2013] EWHC 4627 (Admin)
... ... R (on the application of Kracher) v Leicester Magistrates’ Court ... [2013] EWHC 4627 (Admin) ... Keywords Assault; Battery; Duplicity; Prosecution must put its case; Case ... stated; Judicial review ... ...
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Recent Judicial Decisions
... ... Justice Act 1988, which states that "commonassault and battery shall be summary offences" and lays down the maximum punishments. The ... dismissedas bad for duplicity, allegingas it did both assault and battery - two distinct offences. July 1992 TilePolice Journal 275 ... ...
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Sexual Harassment At Work — A Legal View
A recent report by the TUC's Women's Advisory Committee, “Sexual Harassment at Work”, raises a number of important legal issues which the author discusses in this article.... ... immediate fear for her personal safety damages may be claimed for assault; and, should the threat be carried out, further action lies for battery, ... ...
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Recent Judicial Decisions
... ... Assault Includes Battery R. v. Lynsey (1995) 159JP437 Court of Appeal "Common ... ...
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