DPP v K
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1990 |
| Date | 1990 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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2 cases
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R v Spratt
...of harm might be done and yet had gone on to take the risk of it. The case of DPP v K (a minor)TLRUNK (The Times October 14, 1989; (1990) 1 All ER 331) was wrongly decided. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, so held in upholding the appeal of Robert Michael Spratt against his convictio......
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Hksar v Leung Chun Wai Sunny
...direct or indirect, between the defendant and the victim (Offences Against The Person, Stone, at page 110). The case of DPP v. K [1990] 1 All ER 331 has decided that a battery can be committed through an indirect contact between the victim and the defendant, but physical contact remains to ......
1 books & journal articles
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Offences against the Person: Into the 21st Century
...the mens rea. Of course, this is not uncommon in Englishcriminal law, as may be demonstrated by murder: the actus reus includes36 [1990]1 All ER 331, DC.37 [1990] 1 WLR 1073, CA.38 [1992] 1 AC 699, HL.39 See A. Ashworth, quondam Law Commissioner on the Criminal Law team,Principles of Crimin......