Eduqas A-Level Law criminal law (Components 2 and 3) overview quiz quiz

Legal causation

Mens rea

Factual causation

The coincidence rule

Objective, asking whether a reasonable and prudent person would have foreseen the risk in question

A mixed test

Determined by statute only

Subjective (what this defendant foresaw)

Intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm

Intention to kill only, so causing serious harm with no intent to kill can never amount to murder

Recklessness as to death

Gross negligence

The Homicide Act 1957 only

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009

The Offences Against the Person Act 1861

The Criminal Justice Act 1988

Unlawful act, dangerousness, causation, mens rea

Appropriation, property, dishonesty, intent

Duty of care, breach, causation, gross negligence

Defect of reason, disease of the mind, nature and quality, wrong

The seriousness of the injury, with section 18 reserved for wounds and section 20 for lesser harm

Whether a weapon is used

The court that tries it

The mens rea (some harm for s20; specific intent to cause GBH for s18)

Only the mens rea for the assault or battery

Intention or recklessness as to causing the actual bodily harm itself, which must be shown separately

Recklessness as to actual bodily harm

Intention to cause grievous bodily harm

The Caldwell test, which asks whether an obvious risk of harm would have been recognised by anyone

The Ivey v Genting test

The Woollin test

The Cunningham test

The use of a weapon, such as a knife or firearm, at the time the property is taken from the victim

Entry into a building

Force or the threat of force used in order to steal

Damage to property

To all crimes, provided that the defendant was so drunk that they had no real idea what they were doing

Only to crimes of basic intent

Never

Only to crimes of specific intent where it prevents the mens rea