Legality of corporal punishment in England and Wales
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Legality of corporal punishment in England and Wales
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In England and formerly in Wales, battery punishment by parents of their minor children is lawful by tradition and explicitly under common law by R v Hopley [1860] 2F&F 202: The common law of England and Wales has a general prohibition against physical contact and battery. The Crown Prosecution Service charging standard for offences against the person states "A battery is committed when a person intentionally and recklessly applies unlawful force to another" and defines assault as "when a person
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