Judges: Lord Justice Fulford, the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Mr Justice Hilliard And Lord Hughes Citations: [2022] EWCA Crim 108 Links: Bailii Statutes: Criminal Damage Act 1971 1(3) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Crime Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.671932
Judges: Lord Justice Dyson Citations: [2002] EWCA Crim 1992 Links: Bailii Statutes: Criminal Damage Act 1971 1(1) 1(3) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Crime Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.175259
The defendants were children accused of arson being reckless as to the danger of damage. They were not entitled to require the jury to consider as a separate question whether the risk of damage was obvious other than to an ordinary adult. Held: The question at issue was substantial, as to the mens rea and … Continue reading Regina v G and R: CACD 17 Jul 2002
The defendant sought to sleep in a hollow in a haystack. He lit a fire, to keep warm, which set fire to the stack. He appealed against his conviction under the 1971 Act. He had a long history of schizophrenia and may not have had the same ability to foresee or appreciate risks as the … Continue reading Regina v Stephenson: CACD 1979
The defendant was charged with criminal damage by setting fire to a building. It was owned by a company which in turn he owned. Held: There is nothing unlawful about destroying one’s own property Judges: Lord Lane LCJ, Mustill, McCullough JJ Citations: [1982] 1 All ER 65, [1981] 1 WLR 1446, [1981] EWCA Crim 4 … Continue reading Regina v Denton: CACD 22 Oct 1981
The defendant appealed his conviction for causing criminal damage by fire saying that the charge sheet had not as required by the section, described it as arson. Held: the appeal failed. Whilst it was clearly desirable that a charge should include the word, section 1(3) was not mandatory in this respect. ‘Damage by Fire’ and … Continue reading Regina v Drayton: CACD 19 Jul 2005
The claimant sought judicial review of a decision to search him whilst travelling to a public protest in London. A previous demonstration involving this group had resulted in criminal damage, but neither the claimant nor his companions were found to be in possession of any materials for causing damage. The claimant said that the officer … Continue reading Howarth v Commissioner of Police of The Metropolis: QBD 3 Nov 2011
The defendants appealed against their convictions for rape, denying mens rea and asserting a belief (even if mistaken) that the victim had consented. Held: For a defence of mistake to succeed, the mistake must have been honestly made and need not have been reasonably held. Where a defendant had sexual intercourse with a woman without … Continue reading Regina v Morgan: HL 30 Apr 1975
Extension oh Human Rights Beyond Borders The appellants complained that the system set up by the respondent where Home Office officers were placed in Prague airport to pre-vet applicants for asylum from Romania were dsicriminatory in that substantially more gypsies were refused entry than others, and that it was contrary to the obligations of the … Continue reading Regina v Immigration Officer at Prague Airport and another, ex parte European Roma Rights Centre and others: HL 9 Dec 2004
