Assaults

Assaults - Criminal Law Flowchart 

Master assault offences in English & Welsh law with ease!
This Assaults Flowchart is a comprehensive visual guide to understanding common assault, battery, ABH (Actual Bodily Harm), GBH (Grievous Bodily Harm), and their defences. Perfect for law students, legal professionals, and tutors, this chart clarifies offence structures, case law, and essential legal tests.

📘 Covers Key Legal Topics:

• Common Assault & Battery – Apprehension of force, immediate threat, recklessness (Fagan v MPC, R v Ireland)

• Actual Bodily Harm (s47 OAPA 1861) – Physical & psychiatric injury standards (R v Miller, R v Ireland)

• Grievous Bodily Harm (s20 & s18 OAPA 1861) – Difference between recklessness and intent (R v Burstow, R v Cunningham)

• Self-Defence & Consent – Criminal Law Act 1967, CJA 1988, householders' rights, and landmark cases (R v Bird, R v Martin)

• General defences: Mistake, Intoxication, Reasonable Chastisement

• Illustrates the flow between actus reus, mens rea, and possible defences with easy-to-follow pathways

✅ Perfect For:

• Law students preparing for LLB, SQE, GDL, or A-level exams

• Tutors and lecturers delivering criminal law courses

• Solicitors & paralegals needing a quick reference tool

• Anyone tackling problem questions on non-fatal offences against the person