Law Commission 1998/2015 proposals Battery -> Clause 4: Physical assault (still 6 months max) Assault -> Clause 4: Threatened assault (still 6 months max) Introduction of Aggravated Assault. This is every physical or threatened assault which causes injurywhether or not D intended or was reckless about the injury. This would be a summary and max sentence of 12 months. ABH -> Clause 3: Intentionally or recklessly causing injury where D intended or was reckless about risk of some injury. This would be an either way offence and hold a 5 year max. S.20 GBH -> Recklessly causing serious injury. D must be reckless about the risk of serious injury; wounding is not included unless the wound is a serious injury. This would be an either way offence and hold max sentence of 7 years S.18 GBH -> Intentionally causing serious injury. Wounding is not included unless wound is a serious injury. This would be an indictable offence and hold max sentence of life. The proposals are: V Coherent, no overlap or inconsistency between offences, AR and MR clearly set out, S.20 should be 7 year I Yet despite the proposals, Parliament has not changed the law on OAPA. OAPA is still not fit for purpose, the law remains in an unsatisfactory state.