Ray v Sempers

Additional names

Director of Public Prosecutions v Ray
Sempers v Ray

Subject Matter

CRIME — Fraud — Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception — Diner in restaurant ordering meal with intention to pay — Subsequent decision to avoid payment — Whether waiting for opportunity to leave unnoticed amounted to “deception” — Theft Act 1968, ss 15 (4), 16 (1) (2)

[1973] 1 WLR 317; [1973] 1 All ER 860; 57 Cr App R 324, DC

[1974] AC 370; [1973] 3 WLR 359; [1973] 3 All ER 131; 58 Cr App R 130, HL(E)

Appellate History

Ray v Sempers [1973] 1 WLR 317; [1973] 1 All ER 860; 57 Cr App R 324, DC

Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division reversed

Ray v Sempers [1974] AC 370; [1973] 3 WLR 359; [1973] 3 All ER 131; 58 Cr App R 130, HL(E)

Words & Phrases

"Deception" — Theft Act 1948, s 15 (4)

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Ray v Sempers [1974] AC 370; [1973] 3 WLR 359; [1973] 3 All ER 131; 58 Cr App R 130, HL(E)

London and Globe Finance Corpn Ltd, In re [1903] 1 Ch 728, Ch D Definition of “deception” approved; [1903] 1 Ch 728, 732


Cases considered in: Ray v Sempers [1973] 1 WLR 317; [1973] 1 All ER 860; 57 Cr App R 324, DC

R v Locker [1971] 2 QB 321; [1971] 2 WLR 1302; [1971] 2 All ER 875; 55 Cr App R 375, CA Applied

R v Aston [1970] 1 WLR 1584; [1970] 3 All ER 1045; 55 Cr App R 48, CA Applied

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Ray v Sempers [1973] 1 WLR 317; [1973] 1 All ER 860; 57 Cr App R 324, DC

R v Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, Ex parte Mills [1970] 1 WLR 1534; [1970] 3 All ER 1076, DC

R v Collins [1973] QB 100; [1972] 3 WLR 243; [1972] 2 All ER 1105; 56 Cr App R 554, CA

R v Locker [1971] 2 QB 321; [1971] 2 WLR 1302; [1971] 2 All ER 875; 55 Cr App R 375, CA

R v Page (Note) [1971] 2 QB 330; [1971] 2 WLR 1308; [1971] 2 All ER 870; 55 Cr App R 184, CA

With v O’Flanagan [1936] Ch 575, CA


Cases cited in: Ray v Sempers [1973] 1 WLR 614, HL(E)

Briess v Woolley [1954] 2 WLR 832, HL

Brownlie v Campbell 5 App Cas 925, HL

Davies v Flackett [1973] RTR 8, DC

Garfield v Maddocks [1974] QB 7; [1973] 2 WLR 888; [1973] 2 All ER 303; 57 Cr App R 372, DC

London and Globe Finance Corpn Ltd, In re [1903] 1 Ch 728, Ch D

R v Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, Ex parte Mills [1970] 1 WLR 1534; [1970] 3 All ER 1076, DC

R v Collins [1973] QB 100; [1972] 3 WLR 243; [1972] 2 All ER 1105; 56 Cr App R 554, CA

R v Fazackerley [1973] 1 WLR 632; [1973] 2 All ER 819; 57 Cr App R 578, CA

R v Hennigan [1971] 3 All ER 133; [1971] RTR 305; 55 Cr App R 262, CA

R v Jones (William) [1898] 1 QB 119, Crown Cases Reserved

R v Locker [1971] 2 QB 321; [1971] 2 WLR 1302; [1971] 2 All ER 875; 55 Cr App R 375, CA

R v Martin LR 1 CCR 56, Crown Cases Reserved

R v Turner (John Eric) [1974] AC 357; [1973] 3 WLR 352; [1973] 3 All ER 124; 57 Cr App R 932, HL(E)

R v Waterfall [1970] 1 QB 148; [1969] 3 WLR 947; [1969] 3 All ER 1048; 53 Cr App R 596, CA

Reg. v. Plunkett [1973] Crim.L.R. 367, C.A.

Traill v. Baring (1864) 4 De G.J. & Sm. 318.

Welham v Director of Public Prosecutions [1961] AC 103; [1960] 2 WLR 669; [1960] 1 All ER 805; 44 Cr App R 124, HL(E)

With v O’Flanagan [1936] Ch 575, CA

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Ray v Sempers [1974] AC 370; [1973] 3 WLR 359; [1973] 3 All ER 131; 58 Cr App R 130, HL(E)

Considered in Crossley v Volkswagen AG [2021] EWHC 3444 (QB); [2023] 1 All ER (Comm) 107, QBD

Considered in R v Rai [2000] 1 Cr App R 242, CA

Applied in R v Miller (Steven) [1993] RTR 6; 95 Cr App R 421, CA

Cases citing

Cases citing: Ray v Sempers [1973] 1 WLR 317; [1973] 1 All ER 860; 57 Cr App R 324, DC

R v Fazackerley [1973] 1 WLR 632; [1973] 2 All ER 819; 57 Cr App R 578, CA

R v Turner (John Eric) [1974] AC 357; [1973] 3 WLR 352; [1973] 3 All ER 124; 57 Cr App R 932, HL(E)


Cases citing: Ray v Sempers [1973] 1 WLR 614, HL(E)

Government of the United Arab Emirates v Allen [2012] EWHC 1712 (Admin); [2012] 1 WLR 3419, DC

Howard Hagen & 440 Others v Ici Chemicals & Polymers Ltd [2001] EWHC 548 (QB), QBD

Property Alliance Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2018] EWCA Civ 355; [2018] 1 WLR 3529; [2018] 2 All ER (Comm) 695; [2018] 2 BCLC 322; [2018] WLR (D) 160, CA

R v Allen (Christopher) [1985] AC 1029; [1985] 1 WLR 57; [1985] 3 WLR 107; [1985] 2 All ER 641; 81 Cr App R 200, HL(E)

R v Greenstein [1975] 1 WLR 1353; [1976] 1 All ER 1; 61 Cr App R 296, CA

R v Rozeik [1996] 1 WLR 159; [1996] 3 All ER 281; [1996] 1 Cr App R 260, CA

R v Scott [1974] QB 733; [1974] 2 WLR 379; [1974] 2 All ER 204, CA

Rooks Rider v Steel [1994] 1 WLR 818; [1993] 4 All ER 716, Ch D


Cases citing: Ray v Sempers [1974] AC 370; [1973] 3 WLR 359; [1973] 3 All ER 131; 58 Cr App R 130, HL(E)

Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust (on behalf of AllianzGI Best Styles Global Equity Fund) and others v Barclays plc [2024] EWHC 2710 (Ch); [2024] WLR(D) 504, Ch D

Anthony Joseph Champion Crossley & Ors v Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft [2021] EWHC 3444, QBD

BSkyB Ltd v HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd (formerly Electronic Data Systems Ltd) [2010] EWHC 86 (TCC); (2010) 129 Con LR 147; [2010] BLR 267, QBD

Farol Holdings Ltd v Clydesdale Bank plc [2024] EWHC 593 (Ch), Ch D

Graiseley Properties Ltd v Barclays Bank plc [2013] EWCA Civ 1372; [2013] CN 1694, CA

Leeds City Council v Barclays Bank plc [2021] EWHC 363 (Comm); [2021] QB 1027; [2021] 2 WLR 1180; [2022] 1 All ER (Comm) 569; [2021] WLR(D) 119, QBD

Loreley Financing (Jersey) No 30 Ltd v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd [2023] EWHC 2759 (Comm), KBD

Maple Leaf Macro Volatility Master Fund v Rouvroy [2009] EWHC 257 (Comm); [2009] 2 All ER (Comm) 287; [2009] 1 Lloyd's Rep 475, QBD

Marme Inversiones 2007 SL v Natwest Markets PLC [2019] EWHC 366 (Comm), QBD

R (Abbas) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 78 (Admin); [2017] 4 WLR 34; [2017] WLR (D) 61, QBD

R v Miller [1983] 2 AC 161; [1983] 2 WLR 539; [1983] 1 All ER 978; 77 Cr App R 17, HL(E)

SK Shipping Europe Ltd v Capital VLCC 3 Corpn (The C Challenger) [2022] EWCA Civ 231; [2022] 2 All ER (Comm) 784; [2022] 1 Lloyd's Rep 521, CA

Commentary

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