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Attorney-General's Reference (No 6 of 1980)

[1981] EWCA Crim 1; [1981] QB 715; [1981] 2 All ER 1057 (CA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division), England and Wales

Year1981

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Consent is no defence to the infliction of actual bodily harm or worse where the harm is intended or caused, save in recognised public-interest exceptions.

Area of Law

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