Criminal law worksheet with answers

In English law, a common assault (in the narrow sense) is committed when the defendant:

1. ACauses the victim serious bodily harm
2. BDamages the victim's property
3. CCauses the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force
4. DActually applies unlawful force to the victim's body, however slight

The defence of duress requires a threat of:

1. ALosing one's job
2. BDamage to one's property
3. CDeath or serious injury
4. DPublic embarrassment

A defendant who did not know what they were doing because of a severe mental disease may rely on:

1. ADuress
2. BInsanity
3. CNecessity
4. DProvocation

D drives on the pavement to escape a man who is threatening to kill him. The most suitable defence is:

1. ALoss of control
2. BDiminished responsibility
3. CConsent
4. DDuress of circumstances

For malicious wounding or inflicting GBH under section 20 OAPA, the defendant must at least have foreseen:

1. ANothing, because it is strict liability
2. BThat some physical harm might result
3. CThat serious harm would certainly result
4. DThat the victim would die

A, a lifeguard paid to watch a pool, reads a magazine while a child drowns. A could be liable for an omission because of:

1. AA contractual duty to act
2. BHaving created the dangerous situation
3. CA special relationship with the child's parents
4. DBeing the only person who saw the child

Under the loss of control defence (Coroners and Justice Act 2009), the defence is NOT available if:

1. AThe defendant had been drinking that day
2. BThe loss of control was not sudden
3. CThe victim was a family member
4. DThe defendant acted in a considered desire for revenge

Under the "transferred malice" doctrine, if A aims a blow at B but hits C:

1. AA is only liable for attempted harm to C
2. BA's intention towards B is transferred, so A can be liable for the harm to C
3. CA cannot be liable for harm to C because A had no mens rea at all in relation to C
4. DB becomes liable for the harm to C