Hearings
29 Feb 1996 [1997] QB 47; [1996] 3 WLR 125; [1996] 2 Cr App R 241, CA
R v Wilson (Alan)
Subject Matter
CRIME — Assault — Consent — Husband branding initials on wife's buttocks at her instigation — Whether wife's consent defence to charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm — Whether criminal prosecution in public interest — Offences against the Person Act 1861, s 47
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Offences against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 100), s. 47
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: R v Wilson (Alan) [1997] QB 47; [1996] 3 WLR 125; [1996] 2 Cr App R 241, CA
R v Brown (Anthony) [1994] 1 AC 212; [1993] 2 WLR 556; [1993] 2 All ER 75; 97 Cr App R 44, HL(E) Distinguished
R v Donovan [1934] 2 KB 498, CCA Distinguished
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: R v Wilson (Alan) [1997] QB 47; [1996] 3 WLR 125; [1996] 2 Cr App R 241, CA
R v Brown (Anthony) [1994] 1 AC 212; [1993] 2 WLR 556; [1993] 2 All ER 75; 97 Cr App R 44, HL(E)
Cases citing
Cases citing: R v Wilson (Alan) [1997] QB 47; [1996] 3 WLR 125; [1996] 2 Cr App R 241, CA
Broadhurst, R. v [2019] EWCA Crim 2026, CA
R v M (B) [2018] EWCA Crim 560; [2019] QB 1; [2018] 3 WLR 883; [2018] 2 Cr App R 1; [2018] WLR (D) 187, CA
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2024
Common Assault and Battery - Lawful and Unlawful Force - Invalid Consent
B2.16