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PROPERTY OFFENCES AND PROBLEM QUESTION
ANSWERING
REQUIRED READING
Andrew Ashworth, Principles of Criminal Law (Oxford: OUP, 5th ed., 2006) 361-85, 392-5 (note
that since the fraud act, the material in Ashworth on Obtaining by Deception has been superseded)
Or
Michael Allen, Textbook on Criminal Law (Oxford; OUP, 9th ed., 2007) Chapter 11 and 505-12
CMV Clarkson, HM Keating and SR Cunningham, Clarkson and Keating Criminal Law (London:
Thomson, 6th ed. 2007) 793-870
FURTHER READING
(THIS IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE SUPERVISION, ALTHOUGH IT IS
USEFUL TO DEEPEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURSE)
Edward Griew Dishonesty: The Objections To Feely And Ghosh [1985]
Crim.L.R. 341.
Stephen Shute and Jeremy Horder, Thieving and Deceiving-What is the
Difference? (1993) 56 Modern Law Review 548.
Stephen Shute, Appropriation and the Law of Theft [2002] Crim LR 445
QUESTION
1.
Nathan then goes to the Acme pawn shop where he has left a watch as
security for a loan. He informs the assistant that that he has come to
pay the loan and reclaim his watch. The moment the assistant places
the watch on the counter Nathan grabs it and runs out of the shop.
Consider the criminal liability of Nathan and Joe. Comment Critically on
the law you have applied.