Theft (property)

Davies v Police

Internet usage is property (distinguishable from information in data)

Dixon v R

Digital files are property: identified, have a physical presence, value and can be transferred
The fundamental characteristic of property is that it is something capable of being owned and transferred
Leaves IP open

R v Lakeman (UK)

Property is anything in ordinary language can be stolen (except pure information, IP or body parts)
Virtual coins distinct from code: assets with ascertainable value, can be traded, rivalrous

R v Saxton

CA left open (obiter) could own property under tikanga

Williams v Phillips

Householder retains possession until council (rubbish)

Hibbert v McKiernan

Land owner retains possession if intend to exclude others from interference

R v Ellerm

Crown had stewardship of lake so had proprietary interest in log
Manifest intention to exercise control over the land owns things found on the land

R v Wilkinson

Chose in action cannot be stolen because has no physical characteristics and cannot be taken into possession

Takamore v Clarke

No property in a dead body

Re Long

No property in a part of a dead body

Police v Williams

Plasticised toes are either human or not, cite Re Long