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Non-fatal offences ( paper 1 part b) Flashcards

1
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NFOs are…

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Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (OAPA 1861)

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2
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assualt is a…

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non-touching offence

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3
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battery is a…

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touching offence

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4
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s47 OAPA 1861 is…

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actual bodily harm (ABH)

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5
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s20 OAPA 1861 is…

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grievous bodily harm (GBH) without intention

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6
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s18 OAPA 1861 is…

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grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intention

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7
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AR of assualt

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causing V to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful physical force or violence

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MR of assualt

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intention or subjective recklessness as to causing V to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful physical force or violence

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9
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AR of battery

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the application of unlawful force

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10
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MR of battery

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intention or subjective recklessness as to applying unlawful force or violence

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AR of s47 OAPA 1861

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AR of either assualt or battery occasioning in actual bodily harm

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12
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MR of s47 OAPA 1861

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MR of either assualt or battery

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13
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AR of s20 OAPA 1861

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unlawfully wound or inflict any grievous bodily harm

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14
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MR of s20 OAPA 1861

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to be reckless or to intend some harm

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15
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AR of s18 OAPA 1861

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to cause unlawful wound or GBH

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16
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MR of s18 OAPA 1861

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specific intention to cause GBH or specific intention to resist arrest

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17
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Constanza

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words can amount to assualt

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18
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Ireland

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silence can amount to assualt

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19
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Tuberville v Savage

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words can negate an assualt

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20
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Smith

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V fearing physical attack in the imminent future was enough

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21
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Logdon

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D had at least been reckless

22
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Faulkner v Talbot

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‘Force’- there is no need to prove harm or pain, a mere touch is sufficient

23
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Collins v Willcock

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everyday allowances had to be made

24
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Thomas

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slightest touch constitutes a battery even if there was no application of force

25
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DPP v Khan

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amounted to a battery as there was indirect force applied

26
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Fagan

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battery can’t be committed through omission

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Mohan

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Woollin

29
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Cunningham

30
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Miller

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ABH is ‘ any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of V’

31
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Chan-Fook

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injury should…not be so trivial as to be insignificant

32
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T v DPP

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momentary loss of consciousness amounts to an ABH

33
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Smith

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ABH extends to hurt and damage so long as it isn’t trivial ( harm doesn’t necessarily mean pain)

34
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R v D

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psychiatric harm
-Constanza
-Ireland

35
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Roberts

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D doesn’t have to foresee the harm

36
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Savage

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D doesn’t have to foresee the actual harm

37
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Martin

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Although D didn’t have a specific V in mind, blocking the fire exit and shouting ‘fire’, D had indirect application of force

38
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Burstow

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GBH can be inflicted in the form of psychiatric damage and no physical force had to be present

39
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Saunders

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doesn’t have to be life threatening

40
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Brown and Stratton

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a collection of s47 injuries can amount to GBH

41
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Bollom

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severity of injuries will be assessed according to v’s age and health

42
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Burstow

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serious psychological harm constitutes a GBH

43
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Dica

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biological harm is also GBH

44
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Eisenhower

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injury wasn’t sufficient to constitute a wound as both layers of the skin hadn’t been broken

45
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Mowatt

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it’s enough to have foreseen some physical harm to V

46
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Belfon

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D had certainly foreseen the risk of such consequences, but couldn’t prove he had specific intent-reduced to s20

47
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Taylor

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intention to wound wasn’t sufficient for MR of s18

48
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Assualt & Battery sentence…

A

6 months per offence

49
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s47 &s20 sentence…

50
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s18 sentence…

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