MLL214 Study Guide - Final Guide: Indictable Offence, All England Law Reports, Theft Act 1978

• School: Deakin University
• Department: Business and Law
• Course: MLL214
• Professor: Brienna Bagaric

Document Summary

Obtaining property / financial advantage by deception involves a situation where v permits to obtain property/financial advantage but this permission is gained by some form of deception. E(cid:448)e(cid:396)y s. (cid:1012)(cid:1005) offe(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)ill also (cid:271)e a theft offe(cid:374)(cid:272)e u(cid:374)de(cid:396) s. (cid:1011)(cid:1006) (cid:894)u(cid:374)less it(cid:859)s la(cid:374)d as the(cid:396)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:374)o theft of la(cid:374)d(cid:895). However-not every theft is a s. 81 offence because not every theft involves an element of deception and there may not be a causal relationship between the deception and obtaining as is required under the provisions of s. 81. Elements: s. 81 obtaining property by deception ar elements computer system or: property. Property for the purposes of the obtaining property by deception offence is the same as that for theft and appears under s. 71(1). Unlike s. 72, under s. 81 there is no restriction regarding land so for the purposes of s. 81, land can be property that is obtained by deception: belonging to another.