It provides: "A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another intending to destroy or damage any such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged shall be guilty of an offence."
Latin for the Queen, in whose name public criminal prosecutions are usually brought. Usually abbreviated to R or Reg in case citations. When appearing as the respondent to a criminal appeal, may be written out in full as The Queen. As a party, referred to as The Crown.
They went camping against their parents permission and set fire to newspapers at the back of a shop. Prior to leaving the scene, they threw the newspapers underneath a wheelie bin and the fire spread to the shop and the surrounding buildings causing £1 million worth of damage.
R v Blaue (1975) 61 Cr App R 271 is an English criminal law appeal in which the Court of Appeal decided, being a court of binding precedent thus established, that the refusal of a Jehovah's Witness to accept a blood transfusion after being stabbed did not constitute an intervening act for the purposes of legal ...
The (R) means a trade mark has been registered in the UK with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). In order to be registered, a trademark needs to meet certain requirements as set out in the Trade Mark Act 1994.
R v Brown [1993] UKHL 19, [1994] 1 AC 212 is a House of Lords judgment which re-affirmed the conviction of five men for their involvement in consensual unusually severe sadomasochistic sexual acts over a 10-year period.
Decision/Outcome. The court held that there was no consideration given by the son which would absolve him of having to repay the debt to his father's estate. The court also believed that the son had no right to complain as the father was free to distribute his property as he wished.
A common example is where a person has an unusually thin skull due to a medical condition. If that person suffers a severe head injury in an accident caused by someone else, the defendant is fully liable for the harm, even if most people would not have been seriously injured under the same circumstances.
R v G [2003] is an English criminal law ruling on reckless damage, for which various offences it held that the prosecution must show a defendant subjectively appreciated a particular risk existing or going to exist to the health or property of another, and the damaging consequence, but carried on in the circumstances ...
The dawn of the digital era in dental radiography came in 1987 with the first digital radiography system called radio visio graphy (RVG), launched by Dr. Francis Mouyen.
Lamb then pulled the trigger, thereby rotating the cylinder clockwise, causing a bullet to be placed opposite to the barrel. The bullet was struck by the striking pin and killed O'Donaghue. Lamb contended that he had no intention to harm O'Donaghue or an intention to fire the revolver.
Abbreviation for Rex or Regina[Latin: King or Queen]. Criminal prosecutions on indictment are brought in the name of the Crown, since a crime is viewed as a wrong against the public at large, or the state, represented by the monarch. Hence the formula R v Defendant (the Crown against the defendant).
An appellant is someone who has filed a request asking a judge to change an earlier legal decision. When someone who's been convicted of a crime files an appeal, hoping for a different outcome in a new courtroom, they become an appellant.
G - Similar to the UK's 'U' rating, G means 'General Audiences. All Ages Admitted. ' PG - The US PG rating means the same as in the UK: Parental Guidance Suggested.
Rated G: All ages admitted – General audiences. Rated GP: All ages admitted – Parental guidance suggested. [Sometimes a disclaimer would say "This film contains material which may not be suitable for pre-teenagers."]
12A means that the BBFC have classified the film unsuitable for children under 12. However, they may still watch the film, as long as they are accompanied by someone over 18 at all times during the showing.
If the case is R v Smith, the 'R' stands for Rex (Latin for King) or Regina (Latin for Queen) and shows that the case is a criminal prosecution being brought by the Crown, that is, the state.
Getting a witness warning means you'll have to go to court on the day of the trial, and give evidence if you're asked to. Even if you get a warning, you might not have to give evidence on the day. For example, if the defendant pleads guilty.
If a defendant does not enter a plea, the court must decide how to proceed. The process differs depending on the type of court hearing the case. In the Crown Court, which deals with more serious criminal cases, there is a specific plea and trial preparation hearing where the defendant is expected to enter a plea.
The rule that a tortfeasor cannot complain if the injuries he has caused turn out to be more serious than expected because his victim suffered from a pre-existing weakness, such as an unusually thin skull.
The but-for test is a test commonly used in both tort law and criminal law to determine actual causation. The test asks, "but for the existence of X, would Y have occurred?"
It is a Latin phrase which means there will be appearance of a new act or event in the causal chain between initial event, in a sequence and the result causing a break in the continuity of the same.
