1. A2 Law Summer 2012
Consolidation and End of Unit
Assessment

2. Starter…
Can you work out the essentials?
SOME of you will be able
ALL of you will be able to MOST of you will be able
to assign the cases to one
match the case and the to identify the legal rule of
of the key areas we have
description in your pairs the relevant case
looked at.

3. Reminder!
Homework
13D 13A
Your homework is comprised of three Your homework is comprised of two
things this week (none of which are things this week (neither of which is
too bad!) too bad!)
1. Revise for a DRAG test on criminal 1. Revise for a DRAG test on criminal
elements on the 19th July 2012 elements on the 20th July 2012
2. Complete the survey on 2. Complete the survey on
queensburylaw.wordpress.com queensburylaw.wordpress.com
(password: misshartlaw) by (password: misshartlaw) by
Thursday 12th July Thursday 13th July
3. Complete the terms in bold in
your glossary by the 12th July.

4. January or June Exam?
January June
 Chance to get 40% of the A level out Not mature enough
of the way Can be demoralising if goes wrong
 Can have precise knowledge as to Puts a lot of pressure on teaching
what need to get in June paper for the time through the rest of the course
grade Can’t ‘guess’ any of the questions
 Can ‘have a second go’ if it goes Gives more time to practice skills and
wrong get a synoptic view
 Breaks up the revision into two Marks historically better
sections Week after the main exam
 Allows you to focus on one area, in Will have to be self motivated and
detail and practice skills revise over the Christmas Holidays
 Majority of A2 thought was a good Lesson upset in other subjects, and
ideas interfere with revision for resits.

5. Intro:
Can you identify the doctrines?
All of you should be able Raul and Christiano are standing in a queue at a bus
stop when they begin arguing with one another.
to tell me what issues Raul pushes Christiano who staggers backwards and
affect D’s liability collides with Margaret, an 83 year old lady. Margaret
falls backwards onto the pavement. She is injured
and in pain. Margaret is taken to hospital where x-
Most of you should be rays reveal that she has broken her hip. Doctors
able to identify the agree that the injury is made worse partly because
relevant doctrines she suffers from osteoporosis (a disease which
makes her bones unusually brittle).
Some of you should be Although Margaret is elderly, Doctor Smith decides
able to link to a relevant to operate in order to allow Margaret any chance of
case, using it to help you being able to walk in future. A few days later,
Margaret is recovering slowly from the operation
conclude on D’s liability when she develops a secondary infection. Doctor
Smith prescribes Margaret penicillin but she is
allergic to the drug and dies.
Discuss the potential criminal liability of both Raul
and Doctor Smith for the death of Margaret.

6. Student Task:
Creating a Chain of Causation
On your desk is a problem. You are going to make a physical
chain of causation to illustrate your D’s liability!
Loop 1: Loops 2 & 3: Loops 4 & 5: Loop 6ish : Loop 7 :
AR MR Legal & Breaks in the Are they liable
What evidence do we What evidence do we
Factual chain overall?
have that they have have that they had an Causation What might affect their
“unlawfully killed a intent to kill or liability?
human being” commit GBH. What evidence have
we got that they met Cases?
Was is direct or this?
oblique?
Cases?
Case?

7. In the exam you will
How well are you doing in A2 Law?
also have a problem
This is the past question you are going to answer in
question to answer.
timed circumstances:
It is worth as many
marks as the essay Wayne belongs to a terrorist organisation. He telephones the
police to say that he has placed a bomb in a van on
Here your AO2 is not Westminster Bridge and confirms that it is timed to explode
in fifteen minutes. The police telephone operator mistakenly
criticism but
thinks that Wayne has said ‘fifty minutes’ and immediately
APPLICATION communicates this information to his superior officer. The
bridge is closed and people and vehicles are cleared within
This means that once ten minutes leaving only one van with no driver.
you have stated the
Fifteen minutes after the original telephone call, Martin, a
law, you need to apply
bomb disposal expert approaches the van wrongly believing
it to the question and that the bomb will not explode for at least thirty minutes, but
decide what this is killed instantly when the bomb explodes.
means for D’s liability.
Wayne claims that he was only trying to cause disruption and
that he never wanted to harm anyone.
OCD Consider Wayne’s potential liability for the death of Martin

8. Task one:
In your pairs, read through the problem and identify
the doctrines you will want to discuss and apply.
All of you should be Wayne belongs to a terrorist organisation. He
able to tell me what telephones the police to say that he has placed a bomb
issues affect D’s in a van on Westminster Bridge and confirms that it is
timed to explode in fifteen minutes. The police
liability telephone operator mistakenly thinks that Wayne has
said ‘fifty minutes’ and immediately communicates this
information to his superior officer. The bridge is closed
Most of you should and people and vehicles are cleared within ten minutes
be able to identify leaving only one van with no driver.
the relevant Fifteen minutes after the original telephone
doctrines call, Martin, a bomb disposal expert approaches the van
wrongly believing that the bomb will not explode for at
least thirty minutes, but is killed instantly when the
Some of you should bomb explodes.
be able to link to a Wayne claims that he was only trying to cause
relevant case, using it disruption and that he never wanted to harm anyone.
to help you conclude Consider Wayne’s potential liability for the death of
on D’s liability Martin

9. Wayne belongs to a terrorist organisation. He telephones the
police to say that he has placed a bomb in a van on
Westminster Bridge and confirms that it is timed to explode
in fifteen minutes. The police telephone operator mistakenly
thinks that Wayne has said ‘fifty minutes’ and immediately
communicates this information to his superior officer. The
bridge is closed and people and vehicles are cleared within
ten minutes leaving only one van with no driver.
Fifteen minutes after the original telephone call, Martin, a
bomb disposal expert approaches the van wrongly believing
that the bomb will not explode for at least thirty minutes, but
is killed instantly when the bomb explodes.
Wayne claims that he was only trying to cause disruption and
that he never wanted to harm anyone.
Consider Wayne’s potential liability for the death of
Martin

10. Wayne belongs to a terrorist organisation. He telephones the
police to say that he has placed a bomb in a van on
Westminster Bridge and confirms that it is timed to explode
in fifteen minutes. The police telephone operator mistakenly
thinks that Wayne has said ‘fifty minutes’ and immediately
communicates this information to his superior officer. The
bridge is closed and people and vehicles are cleared within
ten minutes leaving only one van with no driver.
Fifteen minutes after the original telephone call, Martin, a
bomb disposal expert approaches the van wrongly believing
that the bomb will not explode for at least thirty minutes, but
is killed instantly when the bomb explodes.
Wayne claims that he was only trying to cause disruption and
that he never wanted to harm anyone.
Consider Wayne’s potential liability for the death of
Martin

11. Developing your AO1...
Task:
In your pairs, and as a class you are going to
create the plan.
The snowball sheets are graded, and you
should use your understanding to complete the
section you are the most comfortable
completing.
...or you can challenge yourself and try for the
harder ones!
*need some help with the law? Use the cards you sorted at the start to help”

13. Practising the skills of Application
To make sure you are comfortable with the skills and their practice, you are going to write one
section of the essay and then peer assess them to boost your confidence in the skills needed
to answer.
Motive

14. How successful is the response?
Absolutely fantastic thing they
Success Criteria: have done.
 Clear definition of the term
 Referenced the relevant case
 Clear explanation of the
relevant facts Better if they did...
 Clear understanding of the
decision of the case
 Use of the defendant's name
in application Confidence with this style of
 Application of the test to question
Wayne’s situation
 Conclusion on implication for
liability.

15. So, now you know how to be successful...
How successful was this student?
Wayne hasn’t got intent to A
commit murder because he
phoned the police to warn them.
This is like the case where he
tried to kill a policeman but the B
policeman jumped out of the way.
This means that Wayne wouldn’t
be liable for murder. C
First: Highlight the grade you expect that D
this student is working at.
Second: Explain why you think it is that level.
Third: What more would they have to do
E
to raise the grade?

16. Plenary:
Got the skills?
Select one of the following statements to answer on your post-it. Remember
those success critera!
A Should Wayne be liable for the murder of Martin?
B Is Wayne legally reckless in is actions?
C
Discuss whether the actions of Martin do not break the chain of
causation
D
Describe whether the actions of the operator break the chain of
causation
E Explain whether Wayne has completed an actus reus.