Fairclough v Whipp

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1951
Year1951
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal
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15 cases
  • R v McCormack
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 10 June 1969
    ...there being here a willing girl and no evidence of any compulsion or hostility: and he referred to a line of authorities such as Fairclough v. WhippSection 6(3) of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 is only applicable to the full offence; and, in spite of criticisms on many occasions in this Cour......
  • Director of Public Prosecutions v F.B.
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 16 November 2023
    ...Procedure and O'Malley, Sexual Offences. In the light of such research, the learned trial judge queried whether the principle in Fairclough v. Whipp (1951) 35 Cr. App. R. 138 , that “ an invitation to somebody to touch the inviter can[not] amount to an assault on the invitee”, absent some ......
  • Min for Justice v Adams
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 3 October 2011
    ...accused invited the child to touch him indecently without the threat or use of unlawful force on the victim. In Fairclough v. Whipp [1951] 2 All E.R. 834 the respondent exposed himself to a nine year old girl and invited the child to commit an indecent act. The court held that an invitation......
  • B. (A Minor) v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 31 July 1998
    ... ... In Fairclough v. Whipp [1951] 2 All ER 834 and DPP v. Rogers [1953] 2 All ER 644 , the Court had held that there cannot be an indecent assault unless there ... ...
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