Grievous Bodily Harm

Question 1

Source

Answer 1

• Assault or battery occasioning wounding or grievous bodily harm
• S.20/18 Offences Against the Persons Act 1861

Question 2

AR

Answer 2

Unlawfully wound/inflict GBH
- Unlawful = some legal forms (sport, surgery)
- Wound = break in the continuity of the skin causing external bleeding (Brookes)
- Inflict = to cause
- GBH = serious harm, long run/permanent injury requiring extensive medical treatment
- GBH includes = ABH to vulnerable people (Bollam), multiple ABH, phsychiatric injury (Burstow)

Question 3

MR

Answer 3

• S.20 = intent/recklessness to cause some harm (Savage)
• S.18 = intent to cause GBH/prevent lawful arrest