gbh

Question 1

gbh

Answer 1

sections 18 and 20

Question 2

wound

Answer 2

moriarty v brooks → a wound is a break to the continuity of the whole of the skin (both layers)

Question 3

c (a minor) v eisenhower

Answer 3

held: internal injuries are not a wound

Question 4

r v wood

Answer 4

d broke v’s collarbone and held that this was not sufficient for a wound

Question 5

r v mcready

Answer 5

a cut to the skin inside a body cavity is a wound if it bleeds outside the body

Question 6

r v burstow

Answer 6

held: serious psychiatric injury can be gbh → does not require physical contact between d and v

Question 7

section 20

Answer 7

it must be shown that the defendant intended or was reckless as to his conduct resulting in harm