Non Fatal Eval

Question 1

What to mention

Answer 1

‘Reform of offences against the person’ law commission 2015

Question 2

Types of questions

Answer 2

Statutory-
S.47,s.20,s.18
Common law-
Assault, battery

Question 3

Examples of points to make

Answer 3

‘Bodily’ harm - mental health point
Inflicting harm - diseases
S.47 having same MR for assult and battery- different sentence but same intentions
A small cut s.20 - wound
S.47 and s.20 -difficulty in what section falls under
Correspondence s.47,s.20- ambiguous to criminal liability
Meaning of maliciously -ambiguous definition

Question 4

More eval points

Answer 4

Meaning of assault- spreads misconceptions
Meaning of battery -cause misconceptiona
No definition of assault occasioning and abh -rarley used in modern language so may cause misconceptions