TLI4801 Assignment 2 2025 – Due 17 September 2025

TLI4801 ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
DUE: 17 SEPTEMBER 2025
UNIQUE CODE: 642721

Answer the following questions using proper references in footnotes. Your entire
assignment answer (questions 1 (a)-(c)) must not exceed 15 pages.

1. You are an attorney appearing for Maks Diesel who is charged in the Pretoria
Magistrates’ Court with the offence of assault with the intention to do grievous
bodily harm. Your instructions from your client are that he wants to plead not guilty
to the charge.

(a) Draft his statement that will make up his plea. You must include all
headings and conclusions. Make use of your own facts and any information you may
deem necessary for the statement to be accepted by the court.