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Act and Section

Offences against the person act 1861 s47

AR of ABH

Assault or battery occasioning ABH

Miller

Any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with health or comfort

Chan Fook

More than trivial and not wholly insignificant

DPP v Smith

Cutting hair is ABH

DPP v T

Being knocked unconscious is ABH

MR of ABH + case

MR of offence occasioning it (Roberts v Savage)