Anderton v Ryan
1985 House of Lords case related to impossible attempts in English criminal law / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anderton v Ryan [1985] is a House of Lords case in English criminal law (in the highest court of the land at the time), on whether an act which would amount to an offence but which by virtue of a misunderstanding of the goods involved was impossible (nonetheless a fully believed offence by the perpetrator at the time, specifically of purchasing posited stolen goods) breaks section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981; the court established against a similar defendant the next year that the reverse should hold true in future (per R v Shivpuri).
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Court | House of Lords |
Full case name | Anderton v Ryan |
Decided | 9 May 1985 |
Citation(s) | [1985] AC 560; 2 WLR 968; 2 All ER 355; 81 Cr App R 166, HL(E) |
Transcript(s) | judgment |
Legislation cited | Criminal Attempts Act 1981 |
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Prior action(s) | Conviction upheld in a law-reported decision of the Divisional Court of the High Court (Queens Bench Decision) [1985] AC 560; [1985] 2 WLR 23; [1985] 1 All ER 138; 80 Cr App R 235, DC (later "followed" (confirmed to be correct)) |
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