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In determining any criminal liability that may be placed on Jim or Bertrand as a result of their actions, The most relevant area of law in this scenario is that of 'non-fatal offences against the person'.
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In determining any criminal liability that may be placed on Jim or Bertrand as a result of their actions, The most relevant area of law in this scenario is that of 'non-fatal offences against the person'. The majority of these offences are contained in the Offences against the Person Act 18611, which was passed in order to classify crimes such as 'Actual Bodily Harm', and 'Grievous Bodily Harm' as well as many others. It has created much confusion on the subject and gained much criticism over the years, and has been described as "...a rag-bag of offences brought together from a wide variety of sources with no attempt, as the draftsman frankly acknowledged, to introduce consistency as to substance or as to form"2. Jim has knocked Fiona's bag from her hand whilst he was in a hurry to catch up with Phillip. To be deemed liable for this, certain factors...
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