Deception Flashcards
Elements of Dishonestly TAKING a document
S228(1)(a)
- Dishonestly
- Without Claim of Right
- Takes OR Obtains
- Any Document
- With intent to obtain any:
-Property
-Service
-Pecuniary Advantage
-Valuable Consideration
Elements of Dishonestly USING a document
S228(1)(b)
- Dishonestly
- Without Claim of Right
- Uses OR Attempts to Use
- Any Document
- With intent to obtain any:
-Property
-Service
-Pecuniary Advantage
-Valuable Consideration
Elements of Obtaining by Deception (standard)
S240(1)(a)
- By Any Deception
- Without Claim of Right
- Obtains:
-Ownership
-Possession
-Control over - Any:
-Property
-Privilige
-Service
-Pecuniary Advantage
-Benefit
-Valuable consideration - Directly or Indirectly
Elements of Obtaining by Deception (credit)
S240(1)(b)
- By any Deception
- Without Claim of Right
- In incurring any Debt OR Liability
- Obtains Credit
Causing Loss by Deception
S240(1)(d)
- By any Deception
- Without Claim of Right
- Causes Lose to any other person
Definition of Obtain
Obtain or retain for himself of any other person - S217
Definition of property
Real and Personal property - S2
Definition of Service
Service is limited to financial or economic value, and excludes privileges or benefits
R v Cara
Definition of ‘Pecuniary Advantage’
Anything that enahnces the accused’s financial position - Hayes v R
Definition of Valuable Consideration
Anything capable of being valuable consideration, whether or not of a monetary kind - Hayes v R
Hayes v R (document use)
An unsuccessful use of a document is as much use as a successful one.
R v Misic
A document is a thing which provides evidence or information or serves as a record.
Definition of deception
S240(2)
(a) A false representation, with the intent to deceive, knowing or being reckless to whether it is false in a material particular
(b) An omission to disclose something, with intent to deceive, when there is a duty to disclose it.
(c) a fraudulent device, trick, stratagem used with intent to deceive
R V Morley (deception)
An intention to deceive requires that the deception is practised to deceive the affected party.
Define ‘debt’ and define ‘liability’
Debt means money owing from one person to another
Liability means a legally enforceable financial obligation to pay.
Define ‘title’
A right or claim to the ownership of property
Definition of Dishonestly
Done or omitted without a belief that there was expressed or implied consent.
Definition of Without Claim of Right
Without a belief at the time to a proprietary or possessory right to property
Cameron v R
Recklessness is established if the defendant recognised that there was a real possibility that:
1. His or her actions would bring about the proscribed result
2. The proscribe circumstances existed
And having regard to that risk, those actions were unreasonable.
R v Morley (representations)
Representations must relate to a statement of existing fact, rather than a statement of future intention
R v Morley (intention)
The intention to deceive requires that the deception is practised in order to deceive the affected party.