Common assault is an offence in English law. It is committed by a person who causes another person to apprehend the immediate use of unlawful violence...

the common law definition is the same in criminal and tort law. Traditionally, common law legal systems have separate definitions for assault and battery...

Indecent assault is an offence of aggravated assault in some common law-based jurisdictions. It is characterised as a sex crime and has significant overlap...

and Local Government. In January 2025, Amesbury pleaded guilty to common assault and was sentenced to ten weeks in prison. On appeal, his prison sentence...

this act, the marginal notes to this section read "assault occasioning bodily harm" and "common assault". This section was repealed in the Republic of Ireland...

guilty of it is liable to imprisonment for three years. The common law offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm was abolished, and section 47...

harass, stalking or intimidating and common assault at Manly Local Court. Slater also had two counts of common assault and one count of attempting to stalk...

2006. Newton was charged with four offences including common assault, intimidation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Satchwell. Three...

racially or religiously aggravated common assault. A person is guilty of this offence if he commits a common assault which is racially or religiously aggravated...

charged would be indefensible serious assault occasioning ABH rather than (implicitly defensible) common assault and erroneously asserted that any injuries...

Party. On 7 November 2024, Amesbury was charged with common assault. He pleaded guilty to assault and subsequently resigned from the Labour Party. On 24...

heard he would plead guilty to one count of common assault – with police agreeing to drop counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and stalking...

Non-fatal non-sexual offences Assault, or common assault Battery, or common battery Wounding or wounding with intent Poisoning Assault occasioning actual bodily...

about the requirements for both the tort of assault and the common law criminal offence of common assault. It involved plaintiff Tuberville versus defendant...

abuse by a family member is a form of incest. It is more common than other forms of sexual assault on a child and can result in more serious and long-term...

building arms, grip strength and core power.[full citation needed] Common assault course obstacles include barbed wire or nets to crawl under, pipes or...

common assault, in order "to prevent the person in question causing physical injury to himself or any other person." The Act specified common assault...

the Heythrop Hunt at Lower Swell, Ferry was arrested on suspicion of common assault and robbery. It was alleged that he had taken a video camera from two...

crimes deemed as 'common assault' is set out in Division 9. Aggravated assault includes assault with further specific intent, assault causing particular...

cautioned by the Hertfordshire Police following their investigation into common assault. In 2008, a sex tape of Jackson and adult video star Sky Lopez was offered...

contact, distinct from assault, which is the act of creating reasonable fear or apprehension of such contact. Battery is a specific common law offense, although...

Winehouse was arrested for a third time on charges of common assault and public order offence after assaulting the front-of-house manager of the Milton Keynes...

Brewster and Sheffield United teammate Oli McBurnie were charged with common assault by Nottinghamshire Police "in relation to disorder at the conclusion...

Philpott had punched another driver, for which he had pleaded guilty to common assault, but denied dangerous driving. At the hearing, Philpott was bailed and...

annoy any person Affray Arson Assault with intent to rape Assault with intent to rob Attempt B Barratry Battery Being a common scold Blasphemy Blasphemous...

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 therefore only potentially chargeable as the lesser offence of common assault, the sentence for which is given by Section 39 of the Criminal Justice...

ultimately charged with racially aggravated harassment, common assault and two counts of assault by beating. She appeared at magistrates' court on 14 April...

Assault may also refer to: Assault (tort), in common law, an intentional act causing the reasonable apprehension of harmful contact Common assault, an...

In common law, assault is the tort of acting intentionally, that is with either general or specific intent, causing the reasonable apprehension of an...