Property Offences Flashcards
Theft: governed by
S1 (1) theft act 1968
Theft: appropriation is governed by
S3 (1) theft act 1968
Theft: property is governed by
S4 (1) theft act 1968
Theft: belonging to another is governed by
S5 (1) theft act 1968
Theft: dishonestly is governed by
S2(1) theft act 1968
Theft: with intention to permanently deprive
S6 (1) theft act 1968
Theft: only one right has to assumed to be appropriation
Morris
Theft: appropriation can occur without the V being deprived of their property
Pitham
Theft: consent obtained fraudulently is an appropriation
Gomez
Theft: money is property
Coins and banknotes
Theft: personal property
Movable items
Kelly and Lindsay
Theft: real property
Land, buildings and fixtures/fittings
Theft: things in action property
An intangible item that allows people to gain access to benefits (bank account)
Theft: knowledge is not property
Oxford
Theft: wild creatures cannot be stolen
S4(4) theft act 1968
Theft: wild flowers are not property unless used for commercial gain
S4(3) theft act 1968
Theft: was not under obligation to deal with money in a particular way as it wasn’t stated for what it should be used for
Hall
Theft: D has an obligation to return property received by mistake
S5(4) theft act 1968
Theft: honest belief they had a legal right to appropriate the property
S2(1)(a) theft act 1968
Theft: honest belief that the owner of the property would consent to the D appropriating the property
S2(1)(b) theft act 1968
Theft: honest belief that the owner cannot be found by taking reasonable steps
S2(1)(c) theft act 1968