LAW309 Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence I Tutor-Marked Assignment 2, 2026

LAW309 Tutor-Marked Assignment 2

This assignment is worth 5% of the final mark for LAW309 Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence – 1.

The cut-off date for this assignment is Sunday, 6 September 2026, 2355 hrs.

Please submit your assignment on time, via CANVAS.

The cover page should show the title of your course, the topic, the date and your name.

The submitted assignment should be typewritten, double-spaced, with a size 12-font face and a 2.54cm (one-inch) margin all round. All pages should be numbered.

Instructions: The word limit is 1000 words. Any text beyond 1000 words will not be graded. State the word limit clearly at the end of your assignment. Citations may be made in-text or using footnotes, but not endnotes. If you do use footnotes/endnotes, take note that this will form part of your 1000-word limit. You are required to state your total word count at the end of the assignment

•  Legislations referred to should be mentioned once in full followed by abbreviations if it is to be used subsequently.
• Cases referred to should be mentioned once in full with the citation followed by abbreviations if it is to be used subsequently.

• Pinpoint citation is strongly encouraged, e.g. Vintage Bullion at [57].

Please do not repeat the legislation in its entirety. You should summarise the law appropriately. This assignment is intended to train you to write succinctly. You have limited word count and should quickly apply the law to the facts. Application of legal principles to the fact pattern will always score a higher mark.

You are being asked to advise the party or parties. “Advise” means that you are required to:  

Indicate the various sources of the relevant law and how it has developed

Demonstrate understanding of legal concepts and principles of the relevant case law, and the relationship between them in a number of subject areas, as well as to apply them

• Analyse fact patterns to identify relevant issues of law and facts
• Interpret the relevant law to the issues identified
• Apply the relevant law and principles to come to a conclusion on the issues
• Formulate an opinion, provide a solution and advise based on the conclusions drawn In doing so, you are required to:

Discuss critically, competing arguments in the relevant case law and make a reasoned choice between alternatives

Examine ideas, concepts and arguments in the English language and legal terminology with care and accuracy

Employ information technology in an office environment for the search for information and in the preparation of your opinion.
Please do not repeat the legislation in its entirety. You should summarise the law appropriately. This assignment is intended to train you to write succinctly. You have limited word count and should quickly apply the law to the facts. Application of legal principles to the fact pattern will always score a higher mark.

You are being asked to advise the party or parties. “Advise” means that you are required to:

• Indicate the various sources of the relevant law and how it has developed
• Demonstrate understanding of legal concepts and principles of the relevant case law, and the relationship between them in a number of subject areas, as well as to apply them
• Analyse fact patterns to identify relevant issues of law and facts
• Interpret the relevant law to the issues identified
• Apply the relevant law and principles to come to a conclusion on the issues
• Formulate an opinion, provide a solution and advise based on the conclusions drawn

In doing so, you are required to:

• Discuss critically, competing arguments in the relevant case law and make a reasoned choice between alternatives
• Examine ideas, concepts and arguments in the English language and legal terminology with care and accuracy
• Employ information technology in an office environment for the search for information and in the preparation of your opinion.
• In addition to assessing the substantive points raised in your answer, your answer will also be assessed on Quality of Communication (including clarity of writing, language proficiency, critical thinking, organization and flow).

Read the following hypothetical scenario and complete the task set out thereafter:

You are a criminal lawyer working for the venerable but small firm of d’Almeida & d’Almeida. Your supervising partner, Mr d’Almeida, has asked you to consider a client’s case and write him a briefing note informing him of the client’s legal position.

The facts of the case are found in Client File 1. Your client is Adam Ang.

Investigations have now been completed. Your client has been charged with one count under section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 2014 (“POHA”) and one count under section 323 of the Penal Code 1871 (“PC”).

The POHA charge was expected, and client is prepared to deal with it on the terms you advised previously. He is however shocked at being charged under the PC. The charge reads:

“You…are charged that you, on 17 June 2026, at around 12.30pm, at Temasek University Block 1 Canteen, did voluntarily cause hurt to one Derrick Ding (“Derrick”), by doing an act with the intention of causing hurt, specifically, you slapped him with your right hand, and as a result, bodily pain was caused to him, and you have thereby committed an offence under section 323 of the Penal Code 1871.”

Client’s instructions are that he did not slap Derrick. He tried to slap Derrick’s phone out of Derrick’s hand, but he missed. Client is therefore very surprised as, in his view, no offence occurred.

Mr d’Almeida is meeting the client this week and needs to know what the legal position is so he can advise the client. Mr d’Almeida has asked you to consider whether, if the client’s position is true, there might nonetheless be another offence made out, or perhaps an attempt.

Advise your supervising partner:

• what the elements of the offence are,
• whether the charge (or any potential alternate charge) is made out, and
• consequently, what course of action he should advise the client to take.

If you need to make assumptions, state your assumptions and your reasons for making them. If you need more evidence/information, say so explicitly.

(100 marks)

You are required to state your total word count at the end of your assignment.