Preliminary Offences | AQA A-Level Law (7162)

Preliminary Offences

  • 18 questions
  • 1 subtopics
  • Paper 1: Criminal law
  • Paper 1

Attempt: the conduct that goes beyond mere preparation, the intention required, and which offences may be attempted..

It covers attempts.

Sample questions from Preliminary Offences

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

  1. Attempts

    What is the role of the judge regarding the 'more than merely preparatory' test?

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    The judge acts as a gatekeeper, determining whether there is sufficient evidence for the issue to go to the jury.
  2. Attempts

    What principle did R v Gullefer establish regarding the actus reus of attempt?

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    That the defendant must have embarked on the crime proper, not merely be in a stage of preparation.

The 1 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic What it covers Questions
Attempts Recall questions on the statute governing attempt, what the prosecution must prove as conduct, and why recklessness will not suffice. 18
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How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

  1. Step 1 · Closed book

    Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.

  2. Step 2 · Open book

    Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.

  3. Step 3 · Closed book again

    Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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