R v R (Stephen Malcolm)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
JudgeLORD JUSTICE ACKNER
Judgment Date19 July 1984
Judgment citation (vLex)[1984] EWCA Crim J0719-2
Docket NumberNo. 6140/C/83
Date19 July 1984

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    ...impinge upon his argument in the present case was clearly unsustainable. His argument cannot stand with the decision in Elliott. 42In Stephen Malcolm R (1984) 79 CAR 334, the Court of Appeal followed Elliott. It again was a case of reckless arson. The appellant was aged 15 and was said to h......
3 books & journal articles
  • Lawmakers, Law Lords and Legal Fault: Two Tales from the (Thames) River Bank: Sexual Offences Act 2003; R v G and Another
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    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 68-2, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...for the purposes of the 1971 Act wasfollowed, also reluctantly, by Ackner LJ and the Court of Appeal in StephenMalcolm v R(1984) 79 Cr App Rep 334. To like effect was Rv Coles [1995] 1 CrApp R 157.Lawmakers, Law Lords and Legal and negligence was desirable, at least in the context of the 19......
  • Recklessness Could Still Be a State of Mind
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 52-3, August 1988
    • 1 August 1988
    ...not.Itwould stultify much of the mitigation of the previous harshnessof the common law in ruling out verbal provocation as capable5(1984) 79 Cr.App.R. 334.b[1978]2 AllE.R.168.7(1983) 77 Cr.App.R. 103.302 Recklessness Could Still be a StateofMindof reducing murder to manslaughter if the jury......
  • Lawmakers, Law Lords and Legal Fault: Two Tales from the (Thames) River Bank: Sexual Offences Act 2003; R v G and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 68-2, April 1995
    • 1 April 1995
    ...recklessness forthepurposes of the 1971 Act wasfollowed, also reluctantly, by Ackner UandtheCourtof Appeal in StephenMalcolmvR(1984) 79 Cr App Rep 334. To like effect was The JournalofCriminalLawandnegligence was desirable, at least inthecontext ofthe1971 ActandtheRoad Traffic Act 1972. 37N......