Consent Flashcards
Origin
Slingsby
-complete defence
-consent never available for s20 and s18 GBH
elements
-true consent
-implied consent
-exceptions
-mistaken belief
-public interest
True consent
V must have knowledge of all factors and must be true
-Tabassum: true consent
-R v Dica: consent to sex not HIV
Implied consent
includes minor touching and everyday jostling
-Collins v Wilcock
-AG Ref no6 1980 1981: bare fight fist/pubic interest of no good reason
-R v Barnes: football tackle/s20
exceptions
-sport
-lawful chastisement
-dangerous exhibitions of public interests
Public interest
-R v Brown: fish hook/guilty
-R v Wilson: branding stamp/not guilty
Mistaken belief
-Jones and another: boys in air/had defence
-R v P: throw friend in river
-R v Collins: burglary and thought there was consent