3. Offences Against the Person

Battery — Quiz

Test your understanding of battery with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following describes the 'directness' requirement for the application of force in battery?

Question 2

What is the legal principle that states that any touching, however slight, can constitute battery if it is unlawful?

Question 3

A person places a sleeping pill in another's drink without their knowledge. The other person consumes the drink and falls asleep. Has battery occurred?

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the 'unlawful' aspect of battery?

Question 5

In a situation where a person is pushed by another, and that person then bumps into a third person, causing them to fall, who can be held liable for battery against the third person?
Battery Quiz — AS-Level Law | A-Warded