Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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The five non-fatal offences against the person include assault, battery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, maliciously wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm and wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent. This video will look at these different offences by examining the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and the case law that surrounds the issue. The concept of consent will also be examined in relation to these non-fatal offences including cases like R v Brown 1994.