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Collins v Wilcock
CourtHigh Court of Justice
Decided16 April 1984
Citation(s)[1984] 1 WLR 1172; [1984] 3 All ER 374; (1984) 148 JP 692; (1984) 79 Cr App R 229; (1984) 128 Sol Jo 660; (1984) 81 LS Gaz 2140; [1984] Crim LR 481
Case history
Appealed fromMarylebone Magistrates' Court
Court membership
Judges sittingGoff LJ and Mann J

Collins v Wilcock[1] is an appellate case decided in 1984 by a divisional court of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of England and Wales. It is concerned with trespass to the person focusing on battery.

Collins v Wilcock is a leading case.[2] Expanding on Lord John Holt's definition of intent in Cole v Turner, Lord Robert Goff's ruling in Collins v Wilcock narrowed the law.[3] "An assault is committed when a person intentionally or recklessly harms someone indirectly. A battery is committed when a person intentionally and recklessly harms someone directly." But it also says this: "An offence of Common Assault is committed when a person either assaults another person or commits a battery." It notes that the only distinction between common assault and causing actual bodily harm (under section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861) is the degree of injury.[4]

References

  1. ^ [1984] 1 WLR 1172; [1984] 3 All ER 374.
  2. ^ Walker v Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis [2015] 1 WLR 312; [2014] EWCA Civ 897 at para 17. Bailey, Harris and Ormerod. Civil Liberties: Cases and Materials. 5th Ed. Butterworths. 2001. p 164. Weaver. Readings in Criminal Law. 5th Ed. Anderson Publishing Company. 1998. p 406. The Law Commission, Legislating the Criminal Code: Offences against the Person and General Principles, Law Com 122, 1992, para 9.17.
  3. ^ "2.2.3 Collins v. Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172 (QB) | Tort Law: Cases and Commentaries | CanLII". CanLII. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ^ [1984] 3 All ER 374 et seq


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