AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Property Offences
Dishonesty and the Ivey Test
- 3 things to know
- Paper 1
Overview
Recall questions on the three situations in which section 2 says appropriation is not dishonest, the two limbs of the old Ghosh test, and the two stages of the Ivey v Genting Casinos test that replaced it.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What does the element of 'dishonesty' require in the definition of theft?
What is the first stage of the Ivey v Genting Casinos test for dishonesty?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
How does section 2 of the Theft Act 1968 partially define dishonesty?
Model answer
Negatively, by providing three situations where appropriation is not dishonest.
- 2
Under section 2, when is appropriation not dishonest due to belief in legal right?
Model answer
When the defendant believes they have a legal right to deprive the other person of the property.
- 3
When is appropriation not dishonest based on belief about the owner's consent?
Model answer
When the defendant believes the owner would consent to the appropriation if they knew of it and the circumstances.
- 4
Under section 2, when is appropriation not dishonest regarding an untraceable owner?
Model answer
When the defendant believes the owner cannot be discovered by taking reasonable steps.
- 5
What was the objective limb of the Ghosh test for dishonesty?
Model answer
Whether the defendant's conduct was dishonest according to the ordinary standards of reasonable and honest people.
- 6
What was the subjective limb of the Ghosh test for dishonesty?
Model answer
Whether the defendant realised that their conduct was dishonest by those ordinary standards.
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