R v Turner

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Judgment Date29 March 1973
Judgment citation (vLex)[1973] EWCA Crim J0329-2
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 3090/A/72
Date29 March 1973

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5 cases
  • Jameson and Another v Central Electricity Generating Board
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 16 December 1998
    ...as from the date of the judgment, subject only to a resolutive condition in the event that the judgment was not satisfied. 55 In Reg. v. Turner [1974] A.C. 357, 367H-368A Lord Reid said that, where a person takes a cheque in discharge of a debt, the discharge is presumed to be subject to a ......
  • R v Dealy
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 17 November 1994
    ...we say that the policy behind it is the same as that behind the Theft Act? 28 Mr. Murphy is not as much assisted by the case of 29 R v. Turner [1974] A.C. 257 . There, what was being considered was s.16 of the 1968 Theft Act. At page 365-G Lord Reid said: "An obligation is reduced if the ......
  • R v Kohn
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 28 June 1979
    ...the Theft Act which we have read. 62 However, the meaning of the word "debt" is perhaps not quite so simple as that. One turns to the case of Turner (1974) A.C. 357. This was a case involving consideration of section 16(2) of the Theft Act, obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception. It i......
  • R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, ex parte Osman
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 30 March 1988
    ... ... 920 ; [ 1988 ] 2 All E.R. 135 , C.A ... Reg. v. Tirado ( 1974 ) 59 Cr.App.R. 80 , C.A ... Reg. v. Tompkins ( 1977 ) 67 Cr.App.R. 181 , C.A ... Reg. v. Tomsett [ 1985 ] Crim.L.R. 369 (Note); 19 March 1985, C.A ... Reg. v. Turner [ 1974 ] A.C. 357 ; [ 1973 ] 3 W.L.R. 352 ; [ 1973 ] 3 All E.R. 124 , H.L.(E.) ... Reg. v. United States Government, Ex parte Blair, The Times, 21 June 1985 ... Reg. v. Walters [ 1979 ] R.T.R. 220 ... Reg. v. Wayte ( 1982 ) 76 Cr.App.R. 110 , C.A ... Reg. v ... ...
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1 books & journal articles
  • Money for nothing, cheques for free? The meaning of 'financial advantage' in fraud offences.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 31 No. 1, April 2007
    • 1 April 2007
    ...(99) See, eg, R v Locker [1971] 2 QB 321 ('Locker'); R v Page [1971] 2 QB 330; R v Fazackerley [1973] 2 All ER 819; R v Turner [1973] 2 All ER 828. (100) [1974] AC (101) Section 16(2)(a) of the Theft Act 1968 (UK) c 60 defined pecuniary advantage to include situations where 'any debt or cha......

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