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164:, in which the defendant tells the victim that he is a rich person who needs discreetly to move money abroad, and wants to use the victim's bank account in return for a percentage of the money transferred. Mere conduct, however, can also imply facts which are untrue. Thus, wearing a particular uniform represents that the person is employed in that occupation, or writing a cheque supported by a cheque card represents that the writer has actual authority from the bank to use the card and that the bank will honour the cheque (see 1723: 1732: 313: 201: 385:. This case has been criticised because it apparently eliminates the need for the section 15 offence. Yet the deception offences are preserved and are the preferred charges in situations involving deceptive behaviour both because theft carries a lower minimum sentence, and as a matter of general principle, because a charge should describe what the defendant actually did in the simplest and most direct form. 299:, the defendant who sits in a restaurant impliedly represents that they intend to pay for the meal. This is a representation as to present intention and it would be a deception whether the defendant has sufficient money to pay. It is distinguishable from the defendants who hide their money so that they can represent an inability to pay (a misrepresentation as to fact). 187:, the defendant applied for a grant to adapt the house of his infirm mother. After the work had commenced, he failed to inform the local authority that his mother had died, and thereby obtained completion of the work. His conduct, taken as a whole, amounted to a continuing representation that she was alive. 175:
the defendant, after eating in a restaurant, decided not to pay for a meal. The defendant continued to sit quietly, lulling the waiters into believing payment would be made in due course, and thereby obtained the opportunity to leave without paying. Consequently, silence or an omission can be a
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Similarly, a man dressed as a police officer who instructs someone to act in a particular way because 'the law requires it,' or a lawyer or accountant who relies on their professional status to mislead a client as to the law for their private benefit, deceives even though the general policy of
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CLR 279 the defendant admitted that the mileage on a car he was selling might not be correct. He had actually altered the odometer, so this statement was true, but he was properly convicted because in a second statement, he claimed not to know whether the odometer was correct, which was false.
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to the taking. Because the effect of the deception may be to persuade the owner to pass title to the goods, albeit on a voidable title, those goods may not "belong to another" at the time of the appropriation. In fact, strong authority has emerged that this is not a real problem because an
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Most deceptions relate to actual or supposed facts, or to an existing state of affairs, but this is distinguished from a false statement of opinion which, no matter how persuasive, is not a deception. Deception offences include situations where the defendant represents that
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For the purposes of this section "deception" means any deception (whether deliberate or reckless) by words or conduct as to fact or as to law, including a deception as to the present intentions of the person using the deception or any other
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A deception will be deliberate when the defendant knows that what he represents as true is untrue. This is predominantly a subjective test, matching the general approach to establishing
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is also predominantly subjective to show that the defendant is aware that what is represented may or may not be true, excluding the extended meaning of recklessness in
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Sections 15, 15A, 16 and 20(2) of the Theft Act 1968, and sections 1 and 2 of the Theft Act 1978, were repealed on 15 January 2007 by the
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appropriation is the "assumption" of the rights of ownership, whether that assumption is effective in law: see R v Gomez AC 442
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Ormerod, David. Smith and Hogan's Criminal Law. Thirteenth Edition. Oxford University Press. Section 23.1.2 at page 870.
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This reasoning has also been applied to the offence of obtaining a service by deception, contrary to section 1 of the
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Procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception, contrary to section 20(2) of the Theft Act 1968
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for ignorance of the law does not excuse and so everyone is presumed to know what the law is.
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Deceptions are most commonly made by saying or not saying something significant, as in the
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which addressed some of the problems that had arisen in the enforcement of the law.
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Criminal Law Revision Committee. 8th Report. Theft and Related Offences. Cmnd. 2977
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continuing representation that nothing material has changed and so be a deception.
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Law Commission Consultation Paper No.15. Fraud and Deception. (October, 1999)
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Procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception, contrary to
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provide a definition of deception. It applies to the following offences:
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The offences listed above have been called "deception offences".
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goods are genuine items, or misrepresents their identity (e.g.,
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There is an inevitable overlap between the general offence of
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of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001
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(2005) 104:obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception 361:Learn how and when to remove this message 249:Learn how and when to remove this message 135: 1026:Wounding or causing grievous bodily harm 713: 405:Making gain or causing loss by deception 622:AC 370, 3 WLR 359, 3 All ER 131, 117 506:Obtaining Cheques by Deception or Theft 98:obtaining a money transfer by deception 2455: 1219:Preventing the lawful burial of a body 1031:Assault occasioning actual bodily harm 620:Director of Public Prosecutions v. Ray 388: 302: 173:Director of Public Prosecutions v. Ray 1627: 1187:Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred 687: 297:Director of Public Prosecutions v Ray 290: 1094:Offences Against the Person Act 1861 339:adding citations to reliable sources 306: 227:adding citations to reliable sources 194: 64: 155: 38:. It is a legal term of art in the 13: 1653: 14: 2479: 554:The Theft Act 1968, section 20(3) 545:The Theft Act 1968, section 16(3) 527:The Theft Act 1968, section 15(4) 119:evasion of liability by deception 2247:Perverting the course of justice 1730: 1721: 1669:. Not all types are listed here. 1487:Encouraging or assisting a crime 1447:Perverting the course of justice 868:Encouraging or assisting a crime 572:The Theft Act 1978, section 5(1) 563:The Theft Act 1978, section 5(1) 311: 199: 1985:Intellectual property violation 1611:History of English criminal law 1502:Obstruction of a police officer 1165:Fear or provocation of violence 663: 651: 637: 465:, Sweet & Maxwell: London. 415:Obtaining services by deception 113:obtaining services by deception 92:obtaining property by deception 1512:Refusing to assist a constable 1328:Taking without owner's consent 613: 584: 575: 566: 557: 548: 539: 530: 521: 190: 1: 1532:Fabrication of false evidence 1244:Misconduct in a public office 1170:Harassment, alarm or distress 744:Regulatory (lowered mens rea) 493:, LexisNexis: London. (1997) 479:, LexisNexis: London. 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Fraud
England and Wales
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Theft Act 1968
Theft Act 1978
Theft (Amendment) Act 1996
Theft Act 1968
obtaining property by deception
obtaining a money transfer by deception
obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception
obtaining services by deception
evasion of liability by deception
Fraud Act 2006
intentional
recklessness
advance fee fraud
Theft Act 1978

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