Law for Non-Lawyers

Unsolicited Parties
Answer EITHER question 1 OR question 2 (JUST answer ONE question)

1. Hilda has been taken to hospital after being hit over the head with a chair leg by Billy, her

husband. The incident took place in front of their two children age five and eight. Billy arrives at the

hospital an hour later having stopped off at the ‘Two Ducks’ for a few pints, and is told by the nurse

that he cannot see his wife. Billy slaps the nurse across the face, and the police are called. Billy is

subsequently arrested for assault both on the nurse and his wife.

The Crown Prosecution Service now have Billy’s file. Apply the Guidance and general principles that must

be taken into account by them when considering the decision as to whether they should prosecute Billy for

the alleged assaults.

OR

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2. Using your knowledge of the principles and rules used by judges to interpret statutes, comment on

whether Derek has committed an offense in the following situation.

Prohibition of Unsolicited Parties (Fictitious) Act 2010
Section 1 (1)
This Act applies to a gathering of more than a hundred people on land for a social purpose in which it is

likely that alcohol will be consumed
Section 1 (2)
Subject to Section 1 (3) it is a criminal offense to organize such a gathering without the permission of a

local magistrate unless the organizer is an exempt person.
Section 1 (3)
For this purpose an exempt person means the occupier, any member of his family or his employee or agent of

his.

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Ray, the Manager of a builder’s merchants, asks Derek, a Sales Assistant at the same workplace, to keep an

eye on his 5-acre smallholding while he is on holiday in Spain. Derek emails a few of his friends to

attend his 21st birthday party in a disused barn on Ray’s farm land. Due to a technical error, the email

was sent to his entire email address book. Over 600 people arrive at the party and a neighboring farmer

calls the police complaining about the noise. Derek is arrested for breach of the Prohibition of

Unsolicited Parties (Fictitious) Act 2010.

Word limit: 2,000 words

Please ensure that you submit your assignments electronically through the Turnitin software on Blackboard

and a paper copy to the College Administrative reception ‘assignment collection box’ by 4pm on the

stipulated submission date.

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Your assignment should be appropriately referenced and should contain a full

bibliography of all sources consulted in undertaking the work. You should also be aware of the University

rules concerning unfair practice. For further details please consult the School of Law Student Handbook.

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