GBH
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- Created on: 12-01-22 10:42
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- GBH
- S.20
- AR: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm
- maximum 5 years indictment
- MR: intention to inflict or recklessness as to inflicting some harm - R v Parmenter
- under this section, foreseeing that some harm could occur is enough - Parmenter
- 'some harm'
- direct intention - Mohan or recklessness - Cunningham
- S.18
- AR: wounding or causing grievous bodily harm
- maximum is life
- MR: intention to cause grievous bodily harm or resist/prevent arrest - R v Belfon
- 'serious harm'
- direct intention - Mohan OR indirect intention - Woollin
- S.18 and S.20 have the exact same AR - the victim must suffer a wound and/or GBH
- R v Burstow confirmed that inflicting means causing
- 'wounding' consists of deep/severe cuts usually with blood loss - JJC v Eisenhower
- GBH means 'really serious harm' - DPP v Smith
- particular characteristics can be taken into account when deciding GBH - R v Bollom
- a combination of injuries can amount to GBH - R v Brown and Stratton
- deliberately infecting someone with HIV is GBH - R v Dica
- includes serious physchriatirc harm - R v Burstow
- particular characteristics can be taken into account when deciding GBH - R v Bollom
- ISAC structure
- introduction
- AR of S.20 and S.18
- causation
- MR of S.18/S.20
- conclusion
- MR of S.18/S.20
- causation
- AR of S.20 and S.18
- introduction
- S.20
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