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This document covers the following topics: Consent - valid consent as a defence to battery and the test to establish valid consent in Chatterton v Gerson, informed consent and information disclosure, consent forms, voluntary consent. Capacity - Mental Capacity Act 2005, the incapacity test (a test for capacity), five principles designed to help the process for the incapacity test, capacity for pregnant people. Legal Remedies for non-consensual treatment, i.e. battery and negligent failure...

These documents provide in-depth summaries on the following topics: Actus reus Distinction between acts and omissions Establishing breach of duty Causation Mens rea Direct & Indirect intention Recklessness Transferred Malice Most cases are briefly explained to provide better understanding and will help you to apply them to problem questions.

This document provides an in-depth summary on mens rea, direct and indirect / oblique intention, recklessness (including their outdated AND current tests with advantages and disadvantages) and transferred malice. There are also some notes on how actus reus and mens rea can occur at different times, but the court can still regard them as one transaction. Most cases are briefly explained to make them understandable and gives you the opportunity to apply them to problem questions. There are...

This document provides an in-depth summary on actus reus, the distinction between acts and omissions and establishing breach of duty and causation. Most cases are briefly explained to make them understandable and gives you the opportunity to apply them to problem questions.