Peters v R
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1998] HCA 7,1998-0202 HCA D |
| Year | 1998 |
| Date | 1998 |
| Court | High Court |
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Deliberate, fraudulent, negligent diagnosis of mental illness and an absence of consent on admission to a mental health ward: Stewart v Hames
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The Australian Government Introduces The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crimes) Bill 2019 (Cth) Targeting Corporate Misconduct And Foreign Bribery
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Can Dishonesty Be Salvaged? Theft and the Grounding of the MSC Napoli
...in the Criminal Law (Hart: Oxford, 2004)ch. 4. An article in support of the decision of the Australian High Court in Peters vR(1998) 192 CLR 493 to apply a similar test to that in Feely (rather than Ghosh) isC. R. Williams, ‘The Shifting Meaning of Dishonesty’ [1999] 23 Criminal LawJournal ......
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A PURPOSIVE APPROACH TO INTERPRETING AUSTRALIA'S COMPLEMENTARY PROTECTION REGIME.
...voluntary act, if foreseen by the defendant, can infer intention. (76) See, eg, He Kaw Teh (n 72) 569 (Brennan J); Peters v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 493, 522 [68] (McHugh J); R v Crabbe (1985) 156 CLR 464, 469 (Gibbs CJ, Wilson, Brennan, Deane and Dawson JJ); Vallance v The Queen (1961) 108......
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Money for nothing, cheques for free? The meaning of 'financial advantage' in fraud offences.
...the term was used: see above Part III. (186) See above Part III(D)(2)(e). (187) [1964] AC 210. (188) [1989] AC 971. (189) R v Peters (1998) 192 CLR 493. (190) The dishonesty attaches to the obtaining, not the deception: R v Salvo [1980] VR 401; R v Love (1989) 17 NSWLR (191) Lanham, above n......
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SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW ANNUAL LECTURE 2007: “AUSTRALIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMON LAW”
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