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Director of Public Prosecutions v Seivanayagam; Director of Public Prosecutions v Moseley; Director of Public Prosecutions v Woodling: QBD 23 Jun 1999

Where a defendant had acted in breach of a court injunction, that conduct, almost necessarily, could not be considered as potentially reasonable for the purposes of the defence available under Protection from Harassment Act 1997. Citations: Times 23-Jun-1999 Statutes: Protection from Harassment Act 1997 1(3)(c) Crime Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.80047

Regina v Colohan: CACD 17 May 2001

The defendant appealed against his convictions for harassment. He said that since he suffered from schizophrenia, the test for whether his actions had been reasonable should be relaxed. Held: The test of whether actions constituted harassment under the Act was an objective one – would a reasonable person think it amounted to harassment? Accordingly the … Continue reading Regina v Colohan: CACD 17 May 2001