Crininal Law - S20 + S18 OAPA 1861

Question 1

Wounding or inflicting GBH - S20 OAPA 1861

Answer 1

Malicious wounding or inflicting GBH

Question 2

Wounding or causing GBH WITH intent - S18 OAPA 1861

Answer 2

Malicious wounding or causing GBH with intention to do so

Question 3

Wounding definition

Answer 3

Refers to injuries that bleed outside of the body

Question 4

Wounding / Moriarty v Brookes

Answer 4

A wound is a break to the second layer of the skin

Question 5

Wounding/ Eisenhower

Answer 5

Internal injuries aren’t wounds

An internal cavity that bleeds outside of the body is a wound

Question 6

Wounding/ Dume

Answer 6

D may cause a wound through indirect contact

Question 7

GBH Grievous bodily harm

Answer 7

Really serious harm - DPP v Smith

Question 8

GBH / Dugdale and furmstone

Answer 8

GBH would require hospital treatment

Question 9

GBH/ Burstow (2)

Answer 9

Serious psychiatric harm counts as GBH.

There doesn’t have to be any contact between D and V for there to be GBH

Question 10

GBH - Dica/Goulding

Answer 10

Biological harm can be GBH

Question 11

GBH / Brown and Stratton

Answer 11

Several less serious injuries combined can amount to GBH

Question 12

Mens Rea for S20 (Savage)

Answer 12

D has intention or recklessness for some injury, D does not need to intend or risk any serious injury to be guilty under S20 (Savage)

Question 13

Mens Rea for S18 (Belfon)

Answer 13

D must intend serious harm. Recklessness is not enough to be guilty under S18 (Belfon)