AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of 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
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Grievous Bodily Harm under Sections 18 and 20
- 3 things to know
- Paper 1
Overview
Recall questions on whether section 20 needs a direct application of force, the foresight required, the meaning of maliciously and the section 18 offence.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Does inflicting grievous bodily harm under section 20 require a direct application of force?
Section 18 uses the word 'causing' while section 20 uses 'inflicting'. How are these terms now interpreted?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What offence is created by section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861?
Model answer
Unlawful and malicious wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm.
- 2
How is grievous bodily harm defined?
Model answer
Really serious harm.
- 3
What must occur for an injury to legally constitute a wound?
Model answer
A break in the continuity of the whole skin, including both layers of the dermis and epidermis.
- 4
Would internal bleeding alone, without breaking the outer skin, constitute a wound?
Model answer
No, internal bleeding without breaking the outer skin does not constitute a wound.
- 5
What are the two alternative ways the actus reus of section 20 can be satisfied?
Model answer
Wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm.
- 6
Does inflicting grievous bodily harm under section 20 require a direct application of force?
Model answer
No, indirect causation suffices; a direct application of force is not required.
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