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criminal law - Coggle Diagram

- - - - an assault or battery resulting in actual bodily harm, with intention or recklessness as to whether the harm is caused
        
        "actual bodily harm"- any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health and comfort of the victim
        
        harm can include
        
        loss of consciousness R V TAYLOR
        
        cutting off hair DPP V SMITH
        
        psychiatric harm R V CHAN-FOOK
        
        infection R V DICA
    - - an assault or battery resulting in grievous bodily harm, with intention to cause GBH or intention to resist lawful detention
        
        intention to resist arrest- no need for an intention to wound or cause harm R V MORRISON
- - - - where d kills or is party to killing, they will not be guilty if they suffer from an abnormality of the mind which: arose from a recognised medical condition; impairs d's ability to understand the nature of his conduct, express self control; and provide an explanation for d killing or being party to a killing
        
        recognised medical condition
        
        abnormality of the mind
- - - - "unlawful"- cannot be in self defence
      - "reasonable creature in being"- must be a human who is already born and not yet dead (R v White)
      - "Queen's Peace"- not during wartime on the battlefield within the rules of war
      - "malice aforethought"
      - "express"
      - "implied"