... to the risk of bodily contact. So nobody can complain of the jostling which is inevitable from his presence in, for example, a supermarket, an underground station or a busy street; nor can a person who attends a party complain if his hand is seized in friendship, or even if his back is (within reason slapped). Although such cases are regarded as examples of implied consent, it is more common nowadays to treat them as falling within a general exception embracing all physical contact which is generally acceptable in the ordinary conduct of daily life.' However if we also consider that a WPC placing a hand on a woman's shoulder in Collins v Wilcock, was classed as a battery, it would be logical to assume that Ross' push comes under this heading too. This moves me to the mens rea of the offence. Battery shares the same mens rea as ...

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