R v Lawrence (Alan)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1970 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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31 cases
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Attorney General's Reference (No. 2 of 1982)
...to which they themselves consented. In the light of the decision of the House of Lords in Lawrence v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner (1972) AC 626, it was conceded that one ingredient of the former offence of larceny, "without the consent of the owner", was no longer a necessary ingredien......
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R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, ex parte Osman
...in Reg. v. Morris at p. 332 was obiter, and inconsistent with the previous decision of the House of Lords in Reg. v. Lawrence (Alan)ELR [1972] A.C. 626: obiter, because the specific act of appropriation referred to in the certified question was the switching of price labels on stolen goods,......
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R v Hinks (Karen Maria)
...he gives I would dismiss the appeal. I do not consider it right in this case to depart from decisions of the House in Reg. v. Lawrence [1972] A.C. 626 and Reg. v. Gomez [1993] A.C. 442. Nor do I think it appropriate for the House to review the judge's summing up on dishonesty in this case b......
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Gomez
...of being reconciled with each other, and, if so, in what manner. The two decisions are Lawrence v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1972] A.C. 626 and Reg. v. Morris [1984] A.C. 320 . The question has given rise to much debate in subsequent cases and in academic 2The facts of this cas......
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Table of Cases
...Law 638 223, 228 Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v United Kingdom (1997) 24 EHRR 39, ECHR 327, 337 Lawrence v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1972] AC 626, [1971] 3 WLR 225, [1971] 2 All ER 1253 291, 293–296, 298, 300, 301–303, 307 Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd [1994] ......
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The New Test for Dishonesty in Criminal Law—Lessons From the Courts of Equity?
...Ibid.129. Ibid 403.130. Ibid 404.131. [2000] 1 Cr App R 1.132. Ibid 2.133. Ibid 9. See also Lawrence v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1972] AC 626 and R v Gomez [1993] AC 442 for earlierauthorities finding that appropriation need not be adverse.134. J Beatson and AP Simester, ‘Stealing O......
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Dishonest Appropriation after Gomez and Hinks
...it, any later assumption of a right to itby keeping or dealing with it as owner.’6 Applying Lawrence v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1972] AC 626, HL andoverruling R v Morris [1984] AC 320, HL.7 As in Morris where the defendant attached a price label to goods in a supermarketwhich showe......
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A Betrayal of Trust? Back to the Drawing Board for Medical Manslaughter
...Revision Committee, Eighth Report: Theft and Related Offences, Cmd 2977 (1966) [34]–[39].214. Lawrence v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1972] AC 626; R v Morris [1984] AC 230; DPP v Gomez [1993] AC 442;R v Hinks [2001] 2 AC 241.215. R v Feely [1973] QB 530; R v Ghosh [1982] QB 1053; Ivey......
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