R v Metharam

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1961
Year1961
CourtCourt of Appeal
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3 cases
  • R v Cunningham
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • July 8, 1981
    ...The definition of grievous bodily harm means "really serious bodily harm" in current English usage ( D.P.P. v. Smith [1961] A.C. 290, R. v. Metharam [1961] 3 All E.R. 200, Hyam v. D.P.P., supra, at p.68), all disapproving ( R. v. Ashman 1 F. & F. 8Counsel for the appellant understandably......
  • The Queen v Kristy Louise McGuckin
    • Australia
    • Supreme Court of ACT
    • September 18, 2014
    ...R v Donnally (1779) 1 Leach 193 ; 168 ER 199 R v Hutchinson (1784) 1 Leach 339 ; 168 ER 273 R v Massey [2000] ACTSC 107 R v Metharam [1961] 3 All ER 200 R v Mulcahy [2010] ACTSC 98 R v Williams (1877) 14 Cox CC 59 Williams v R (1990) 50 A Crim R 213 R v Whitely (1991) 93 Cr App R 25 Smith v......
  • People (Attorney General) v Messitt
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • December 4, 1974
    ...I agree. FitzGerald J.:— I agree. 1 (1848) 3 Cox C.C. 441. 2 (1849) 3 Cox C.C. 442. 3 (1838) 8 C. & P. 635. 4 (1837) 8 C. & P. 173. 5 [1961] 3 All E.R. 200. 6 [1961] A.C. 290. 7 (1830) 1 Mood. C.C. 278. 8 (1836) 1 Mood. & R. 526. 9 (1834) 6 C. & P. 684. 10 (1831) 4 C. & P. 446. 11 (1831) 4 ......
1 books & journal articles
  • Being Informed: The Complexities of Knowledge, Deception and Consent When Transmitting HIV
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 74-3, June 2010
    • June 1, 2010
    ...172 ER 1419 and R vM’Loughlin(1838) 173 ER 651.15 Grievous bodily harm is considered to be ‘really serious harm’ (see R vMetheram[1961] 3 All ER 200) and the totality of injuries can be combined for the term‘grievous’: R vGrundy [1977] Crim LR 543.16 (1888) 22 QBD 23.17 Ibid. at 41, per Ste......

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