{"id":4905,"date":"2026-09-04T13:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/areas\/injuries-and-assaults\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:09:13","slug":"injuries-and-assaults","status":"publish","type":"areas","link":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/areas\/injuries-and-assaults\/","title":{"rendered":"Injuries and assaults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the Criminal Code says<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The offence of causing injury (Art. 147) penalises anyone who causes another person an injury that requires, in addition to initial first aid, medical or surgical treatment, with imprisonment from three months to three years or a fine. Where weapons or dangerous instruments are used, or where there is cruelty, the aggravated offence under Art. 148 applies. If no medical treatment is required, it may be treated as a minor offence of causing injury.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brawls, group fights and self-defence<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fights involving multiple participants, the offence of riotous brawl (Art. 154) may apply, along with the difficulty of attributing each injury to each person. Audiovisual evidence\u2014venue CCTV, mobile phones, hotel security\u2014and witnesses can change the charge. We always assess self-defence and the proportionality of the response.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we defend you<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We analyse the injury report and the medical assessment to challenge the legal classification, secure audiovisual evidence before it is lost, and develop the strategy\u2014whether a favourable plea agreement or a full defence\u2014depending on the case.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International dimension<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many cases involve tourists who return to their country before trial. We coordinate the defence remotely, arrange appearances by videoconference, and provide assistance in German and English. If the proceedings continue while the client is abroad, we anticipate the risk of a European Arrest Warrant and take steps to prevent it.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What the Criminal Code says The offence of causing injury (Art. 147) penalises anyone who causes another person an injury that requires, in addition to initial first aid, medical or surgical treatment, with imprisonment from three months to three years or a fine. Where weapons or dangerous instruments are used, or where there is cruelty, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4766,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4905","areas","type-areas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas\/4905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/areas"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas\/4905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4906,"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas\/4905\/revisions\/4906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}