28/08/2026
Can you legally give someone consent to hurt you?
It sounds like a simple question, but in UK law, the answer is surprisingly complicated.
In her latest , Criminology Lecturer Anosh Ayesha breaks down how judges - rather than elected lawmakers - decide where the line is drawn.
Read more here:
https://fsb.ac.uk/does-the-judicial-restriction-of-consent-under-section-47-assault-occasioning-actual-bodily-harm-of-the-offences-against-the-person-act-1861-demonstrate-how-judicial-law-making-can-compromise-justic/
By Anosh Ayesha, Lecturer in Criminology and Module Leader, FSB Croydon | Article Date: 3rd August 2026 Introduction Criminal law is expected to draw clear lines between what is permitted and what is punished. Yet those lines…Read more