MOD009362 Criminal Law CWK Assessment Brief 2026 | Anglia

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MOD009362 Assessment Brief

 Writing Your Assignment

• This assignment must be completed individually.
• You must use Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA).
• Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Written assignments must not exceed the specified maximum number of words.  When a written assignment is marked, the excessive use of words beyond the word limit is reflected in the academic judgement of the piece of work which results in a lower mark being awarded for the piece of work (regulation 6.74).
• Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your name anywhere on your work.
• Write your student ID number at the top of every page.
• Where the assignment comprises more than one task, all tasks must be submitted in a single document.
• You must number all pages.

Submiting Your Assignment

• In order to achieve full marks, you must submit your work before the deadline. Work that is submitted late – if your work is submitted on the same day as the deadline by midnight, your mark will receive a 10% penalty. If you submit your work up to TWO working days after the published submission deadline – it will be accepted and marked. However, the element of the module’s assessment to which the work contributes will be capped with a maximum mark of 40%.
• Work cannot be submitted if the period of 2 working days after the deadline has passed (unless there is an approved extension). Failure to submit within the relevant period will mean that you have failed the assessment.
• Requests for short-term extensions will only be considered in the case of illness or other cause considered valid by the Director of Studies Team. Please contact DoS@london.aru.ac.uk. A request must normally be received and agreed by the Director of Studies Team in writing at least 24 hours prior to the deadline.  Students will need to provide evidence to support their extension request. See rules 6.64-6.73:  http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf

Exceptional Circumstances: The deadline for submission of exceptional circumstances in relation to this assignment is no later than five working days after the submission date of this work. Please contact the Director of Studies Team http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf

Assignment Question

Billy, a plumber, is a violent, ill-tempered man. He was driving to a job one afternoon and was stressed out because he was running late. He turned into a road where the traffic lights were faulty and were in the process of being repaired by Sammy. The lights remained at red for what seemed like a very long time. Feeling enraged, Billy picked up a wrench from the toolbox in the back of his van and threw it at Sammy, shouting; “Fix those lights!”. Sammy stepped to one side to avoid being hit by the wrench. The wrench hit a passer-by, Aliona, causing her a serious head injury. Aliona was 27 weeks pregnant and immediately went into premature labour and gave birth. The baby was too weak to survive and died the same day. Aliona was taken to hospital and put on a life support machine. After a month, Aliona remained in persistent vegetative state and there was no hope of recovery. The doctors decided to switch off the life support. Medical evidence showed that the shock of the blow to the head had caused Aliona to go into labour prematurely.

Discuss Billy’s criminal liability for:

1. Death of Aliona
2. Death of Aliona’s baby

Note: The above scenario requires you to solve legal problem by identifying the issues, stating and citing the relevant legal rules (primary sources of law) and applying those rules to the facts in the scenario before reaching balanced conclusions. Discuss only offences which are on Criminal Law syllabus.

Reading Requirement

Child J and Ormerod D, Smith, Hogan and Ormerod’s Essentials of Criminal Law (5^th edition, Oxford University Press 2023) chapters 1 – 6 available from Kortext Bookshelf

Herring J, Criminal Law (10^th edition, Oxford University Press 2022) chapter 5 – available from Digital Library

The Crown Prosecution Service, ‘Homicide’ (Legal guidance – violent crime, 15 October 2024) < https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/homicide-murdermanslaughter-infanticide-and-causing-or-allowing-death-or-serious

Assessment Criteria

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