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Non-fatal offences and law reform

Tony Storey examines proposed changes to offences against the person

This article is relevant to AQA A2 Unit 3 and OCR A2 Unit G157.

In November 2014 the Law Commission (LC) published a Scoping Consultation Paper entitled ‘Reform of Offences Against the Person’ (Consultation Paper No. 217). It is described as being only ‘a first step’ towards potential reform of this area of criminal law. The LC intends to publish a scoping report once responses to the Scoping Consultation Paper have been analysed. The LC suggests that any future reform should have three main aims:

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