The Offences Against the Person Act 1861 is widely recognised as being outdated. It uses archaic language and ... [t]he structure of the Act is also unsatisfactory; there is no clear hierarchy of offences and the differences between the three most commonly prosecuted offences (under sections 18, 20 and 47) are not clearly spelt out'. Law Commission, Reform of Offences Against the Person: A Scoping Paper (Law Com Consultation Paper No 217, 2014). Evaluate the Law Commission's statement, discussing whether the current law on non-fatal offences against the person is satisfactory. Examples used to illustrate your argument should be confined to the offences of assault, battery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, malicious wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm and wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent.