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AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
Topic overviewDistributive and Corrective JusticeTheories of Justice: Rawls, Nozick and MarxWhat Law Does in SocietyHow Law and Morality Are EnforcedMoral Diversity in a Pluralist SocietyThe Hart-Devlin DebateProcedural Justice and UtilitarianismThe Rule of Law: Core RequirementsLaw, Rights and the Resolution of DisputesFault and Strict LiabilityWhere Law and Morality OverlapWolfenden and R v BrownAristotle on JusticeJustice through Civil and Criminal LawCriminal and civil law comparedCustom, statute and common law as sourcesEquality, Fairness and Clarity before the Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Topic overviewArticle 2 and Article 5: Life and LibertyArticle 11 and the Conditions for RestrictionRights, Liberties and Correlative DutiesThe Scope of Fundamental Human RightsArticle 2 Exceptions and the Article 5 GuaranteeInterfering with Article 8 RightsArticle 10: Freedom of Expression and Its LimitsThe Human Rights Act and Categories of Rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Topic overviewFreedom of Association and Its LimitsArticle 2: Justified Deprivation of LifeArticle 5: Lawful Arrest and DetentionArticle 8: Private and Family LifeArticle 11: What It ProtectsArticle 2: Negative and Positive ObligationsThe Article 2.2 Exceptions in DetailArticle 5.1: Liberty and Security of PersonDetention under Article 5.1(a) to (c)Article 5.2 to 5.5: Information and ReviewArticle 10.1: Freedom of ExpressionWhich Paragraphs Permit RestrictionThe Grounds for Lawful DetentionEnforcing Rights in Strasbourg and by Judicial Review
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Topic overviewThe Common Requirements for RestrictionsLegitimate Aims and ProportionalityBringing a Claim to the Strasbourg CourtArticle 46, Judicial Review and Section 7 ClaimsPrescribed by Law and Necessary in a DemocracyLegitimate Aims for Restricting Articles 10 and 11Enforcement in Strasbourg and at HomeThe Two General Conditions for RestrictionLegitimate Aims across Articles 8, 10 and 11Who May Claim and How Rights Are EnforcedSupervising Judgments and Judicial Review Remedies
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
- 3 subtopics
- 11 things to know
- Paper 1
What Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person covers
Assault and battery, and the statutory offences under sections 47, 20 and 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.
The 3 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Assault and BatteryRecall questions on the two offences comprising common assault and on the legal definition of each.Open →
- Words, Silence and Actual Bodily HarmRecall questions on whether words or silence can amount to assault and on the provision creating ABH and what the harm must be.Open →
- Grievous Bodily Harm under Sections 18 and 20Recall questions on whether section 20 needs a direct application of force, the foresight required, the meaning of maliciously and the section 18 offence.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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How is assault defined as a non-fatal offence against the person?
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Does assault require physical contact with the victim?
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Can spoken words alone, without any physical act, constitute an assault?
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Does actual bodily harm include psychiatric injury?
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What offence is created by section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861?
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Does inflicting grievous bodily harm under section 20 require a direct application of force?
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Section 18 uses the word 'causing' while section 20 uses 'inflicting'. How are these terms now interpreted?
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How does the maximum sentence for Section 47 ABH compare to common assault, and why might this difference exist?
Process
How do assault and battery differ, and what does each require?
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Can silence be an assault, which section creates ABH, and what does actual bodily harm mean?
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Assault vs Battery
Assault: causing the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force. Battery: the application of unlawful force to the victim.
Actual bodily harm vs Grievous bodily harm
Actual bodily harm: harm that interferes with the health or comfort of the victim more than trivially. Grievous bodily harm: really serious harm.
Section 20 wounding vs Section 18 wounding
Section 20 wounding: inflicting grievous bodily harm or wounding with intent or recklessness as to some harm. Section 18 wounding: causing grievous bodily harm with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What are the two distinct offences that together comprise common assault?
Model answer
Assault and battery.
- 2
In the context of common assault, what does the offence of assault involve?
Model answer
Causing the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force.
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How is assault defined as a non-fatal offence against the person?
Model answer
An act causing the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful personal violence.
- 4
What is the legal definition of battery?
Model answer
The application of unlawful force to another person.
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Does assault require physical contact with the victim?
Model answer
No, assault requires no physical contact; it only requires the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force.
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Why does battery differ from assault in terms of physical contact?
Model answer
Battery requires physical contact (application of unlawful force), whereas assault does not require any physical contact.
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Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person revision questions
- What does Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person cover in AQA A-Level Law?
- 3 subtopics: assault and battery, words, silence and actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm under sections 18 and 20. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person organised?
- By the AQA 7162 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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