Criminal law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales?

  1. A10
  2. B16
  3. C14
  4. D12
2.Easy

In English law, which court tries the most serious (indictable-only) offences such as murder?

  1. AThe Court of Appeal
  2. BThe county court
  3. CThe magistrates' court
  4. DThe Crown Court
3.Easy

In English law, a battery is:

  1. AThe intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to another
  2. BCausing serious injury with a weapon
  3. CCausing another to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful force
  4. DAny rude remark made in public
4.Medium

In English law, the mens rea of murder is:

  1. AIntention to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm
  2. BIntention to frighten the victim
  3. CNegligence in causing death
  4. DSubjective recklessness as to causing death or serious harm
5.Medium

D, who honestly but wrongly believes V is attacking a stranger, punches V. Following R v Williams (Gladstone), D:

  1. AIs liable, because the mistake was about the facts
  2. BIs judged on the facts as D honestly believed them to be
  3. CMust prove the belief on the balance of probabilities
  4. DIs liable, because the mistaken belief was not based on reasonable grounds
6.Medium

D points a gun at his friend as a joke, both believing it will not fire. It fires and kills the friend. Following R v Lamb, there was no unlawful act manslaughter because:

  1. AThe death was caused by the gun malfunctioning, not by any act of D's
  2. BJokes cannot be criminal under English law
  3. CThere was no assault, since the friend did not apprehend any force
  4. DThe gun belonged to the friend
7.Hard

In R v Walkington (1979), D went behind a shop counter and opened a till. This was burglary because:

  1. AEntering a part of a building as a trespasser is enough
  2. BShops are treated as dwellings in law
  3. CD was carrying a weapon at the time
  4. DThe till contained money at the time
8.Hard

Under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, an organisation is guilty if the way its activities are managed causes death and amounts to a gross breach of a duty of care, and:

  1. AA single identified director is first personally convicted of gross negligence manslaughter
  2. BThe organisation intended to cause death
  3. CThe victim was an employee of the organisation
  4. DThe way senior management organised the activities was a substantial element of the breach

Answer key

  1. 1. A · 10
  2. 2. D · The Crown Court
  3. 3. A · The intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to another
  4. 4. A · Intention to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm
  5. 5. B · Is judged on the facts as D honestly believed them to be
  6. 6. C · There was no assault, since the friend did not apprehend any force
  7. 7. A · Entering a part of a building as a trespasser is enough
  8. 8. D · The way senior management organised the activities was a substantial element of the breach

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