CONSENT

Question 1

R v Slingsby

Answer 1

V can ALWAYS legally give consent to assault / batteries

Question 2

R v Leach

Answer 2

V can NEVER legally consent to s18 offences

Question 3

Pretty v UK

Answer 3

V can NEVER legally consent to murder/death

Question 4

R v Brown

Answer 4

V USUALLY cannot legally consent to s20 or s47 offences, unless there is a lawful exception

Lawful exceptions include properly conducted sports and games, surgery, tattooing, piercings, dangerous exhibitions, and horseplay

Question 5

R v Aitken

Answer 5

Horseplay is a defence where D is not intending any harm, and
BELIEVES V would consent (even if D is mistaken – ie there
was NOT genuine consent).

Question 6

R v Wilson

Answer 6

Branding someone with consent is equivalent to tattooing

Question 7

Gillick

Answer 7

V must have the capacity to consent, meaning that they have
enough intelligence, maturity and understanding of what they
are agreeing to

Question 8

R v Newland

Answer 8

Genuine/Informed consent means V knows the nature and circumstances of what they are agreeing to

Question 9

R v Olugboja

Answer 9

Submitting to pressure is not the same thing as giving genuine
consent (giving in/relenting is not the same as agreeing)

Question 10

Wilson v Pringle

Answer 10

Sometimes consent may be implied from the circumstances, ie with ordinary jostlings of everyday life.