| A | B |
|---|
| D causes V to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence | Assault - Actus Reus |
| Smith v Supt. of Woking police | Assault committed by looking through a window, intending to frighten V - Assault. |
| Words or actions | Tuberville v Savage |
| Logdon | V was showed a pistol in a draw and then told that D was going to take her hostage - Assault. |
| Any act by which D, intentionally, or recklessly, inflicts unlawful personal violence. | Battery |
| Infliction of unlawful personal violence | Actus Reus of Battery |
| Fagan | D drove car onto Police Officers foot and refused to remove it. |
| Thomas | Touching a woman's skirt is the equivalent to touching the woman herself. |
| Either intention or recklessness as to the respective element is sufficent | Mens Rea of Assault and Battery |
