Unit 3 - Property Offences
03.11.26
Theft Act (1968) s.1(1):
“A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging (actus reus) to another with the intention of permanently depriving (mens rea) the other of it.”
property
money
personal property (tangible objects that are not real property)
confirmed in Smith [2011] 1 Cr App R 30
real property (land + things attached to it)
‘things in action’ (forceable intangible property)
e.g. IP + money in a bank account
Kohn (1979) 69 Cr App R 395
company director unlawfully taking money from the company bank
(fill in)
Oxford v. Moss [1979] Crim LR 119
student stole the exam paper + photo copied it
(fill in)
university was not deprived of information
Lecture 2
05.11.26
Intention to Permanently Deprive
Lloyd [1985] QB 829
example of borrowing not being equivalent to a taking
“The goodness, the virtue, the practical value of the films to the
owners has not gone out of the article. The film could still be
projected to paying audiences, and…audiences would have paid
for their seats.” (per Lord Lane CJ at pp836-7)