CRIM2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fellatio, Dermis, Sound Recording And Reproduction
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Week 7 non-fatal offences against the person: Defined by the nature of the injury rather than the nature of the conduct: grievous bodily harm simplicter under s. 297, wounding under s. 301, acts intended to wound or do grievous bodily harm, s. 294. A substantial" a real and not remote chance" regardless of whether it is less or more than 50 percent: refer back to the case of hind and harwood v r (1995) 80 a crim r 105. Elements of wounding under s. 301: the accused, (by a willed act) wounded the complainant, unlawfully (the injury was reasonably foreseeable by an ordinary person) It must be a break of the whole skin including the under layer o see jervis v r. Causation may be direct or indirect: a person may do or cause the injury to the victim in one of two ways: through deliberate violence (i. e. by directly applying force such as punching)
