theft

Question 1

Defined in S.1 Theft Act 1968

Question 2

AR - Appropriating (A) property (P) belonging to another (BTA)

Question 3

A - Defined in S 3(1) as “any assumption by a person of the rights of an owner”

Question 4

A - D doesnt have to assume all rights just any (Morris)

Question 5

A - Consent is irrelivant to A (lawrence)

Question 6

A - D doesnt have to get away with the P (Anderton)

Question 7

A - includes the right to sell (Pitham)

Question 8

A - if an item is a gift it can still be A (Hinks)

Question 9

P is defined in S 4 and includes money and all other personal P, personal P including things in action and intangible P in S 4 1

Question 10

you cannot steal

Answer 10

confidential information (Oxford v Moss)

Question 11

you cannot steal

Answer 11

plants and flowers under s 4 3
only applies to wild flowers if not for sale and reward

Question 12

BTA - under s 5 1 P remains belonging to the person with possession or control of it

Question 13

a legal owner may be found guilty of appropriating his own P (TURNER N 2)

Question 14

you cannot steal property that doesnt belong to anyone

Question 15

P is not abandoned if the owner has given up looking

Answer 15

the more valuable a P is the more unlikely it is to be stolen