Attorney General's Reference (No. 3 of 1992)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE,MR JUSTICE SCHIEMANN,or,and,AND
Judgment Date12 November 1993
Judgment citation (vLex)[1993] EWCA Crim J1112-31
Docket NumberNo. 92/4466/S1
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date12 November 1993

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4 cases
  • Chua Kian Kok v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 22 March 1999
    ...28.This decision was subsequently followed by a differently constituted Court of Appeal in Attorney General`s Reference (No 3 of 1992) [1994] 2 All ER 121. In that case, the accused were charged with attempted aggravated arson. The completed offence under s 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1......
  • Tagiao AH-CHONG v R
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 17 June 2015
    ...to damage property and being reckless as to whether the life of another would thereby be 68 Attorney-General’s Reference (No 3 of 1992) [1994] 1 WLR 409 The Court held that the defendant would be guilty in those circumstances, saying:70 If, on a charge of attempting to commit [an] offence, ......
  • Chua Kian Kok v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 22 March 1999
    ...28.This decision was subsequently followed by a differently constituted Court of Appeal in Attorney General`s Reference (No 3 of 1992) [1994] 2 All ER 121. In that case, the accused were charged with attempted aggravated arson. The completed offence under s 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1......
  • To Shu Fai v Securities & Futures Commission
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 26 March 2009
    ...adopt the reasoning of the English Court of Appeal in R v Khan (1990) 91 Cr App R 29; and Attorney-General’s Reference (No 3 of 1992) (1994) 98 Cr App R 383. 35. R v Khan was a case where the ingredients of the offence of attempted rape had to be addressed. Under s.1(1) of the Sexual Offenc......
2 books & journal articles
  • The Pitfalls in the Law of Attempt: A New Perspective
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 69-2, April 2005
    • 1 April 2005
    ...provide: 36 For recent English authority which appears consonant with this analysis, see Attorney-General’s Reference (No. 3 of 1992) [1994] 2 All ER 121. 37 Gillies, above n. 34 at 81.38 Knight v R (1992) 175 CLR 495 at 501; R v Mohan [1976] QB 1 at 8.39 Gillies, above n. 34 at The Pitfall......
  • Conspiracy: Mens Rea
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 69-6, December 2005
    • 1 December 2005
    ...Similarlyfor aggravated criminal damage where objective recklessness sufficed inAttorney-General’s Reference (No. 3 of 1992) [1994] 2 All ER 121, for theattempt, it is insufficient for conspiracy where defendants are merelyobjectively reckless as to an obvious and serious risk to life. The ......

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