Talk:R v R

Latest comment: 3 months ago by Hairy Dude in topic CJPOA 1994

New article edit

Just so people know, I intend to write an article to fit in this gap, and will then remove the redirect. Alright with everyone? Pascal (talk) 00:58, 8 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

GA Review edit

This review is transcluded from Talk:R v R/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jclemens (talk · contribs) 04:12, 25 August 2016 (UTC)Reply


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First read through edit

Actually, since the missing citation was pretty obvious and the only thing needed to sign off on the article, I've just gone ahead and added it. Jclemens (talk) 04:36, 25 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

Pronunciation edit

I understand that in English case names, R is usually short for "Regina" (or "Rex") and is thus pronounced "Crown". In this case one of the Rs is the defendant (or more precisely the appellant), so it would be pronounced "R" instead. But which one? Is it "Crown and R" or "R and Crown"? I would guess the latter since this is an appeal? Hairy Dude (talk) 13:23, 16 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

It's as in The Crown vs R (The letter R being used as a substitute for the defendant's real name because of the nature of the case). It's a continuation of the original charge and court case, which is where R v R originated. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 18:48, 16 September 2016 (UTC)Reply
As you can see here, The Crown comes first as the origin of the initial case but the appellant has "(appellant)" after his name in official reports to show that R brought the case and Brown (example) is appealing against the judgement of that case. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 18:52, 16 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

CJPOA 1994 edit

The article currently reads:

The judgment in R v R was supported by the Law Commission and was later confirmed in statute law by an amendment to the Sexual Offences Act in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.

The section alluded to reads:

142 Rape of women and men.

For section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (rape of a woman) there shall be substituted the following section—

"1 Rape of woman or man.
(1) It is an offence for a man to rape a woman or another man.

(2) A man commits rape if—

(a) he has sexual intercourse with a person (whether vaginal or anal) who at the time of the intercourse does not consent to it; and

(b) at the time he knows that the person does not consent to the intercourse or is reckless as to whether that person consents to it.

(3) A man also commits rape if he induces a married woman to have sexual intercourse with him by impersonating her husband.

(4) Subsection (2) applies for the purpose of any enactment."

(1) is the same as the section before it was amended. (2) doesn't repudiate the assumption of consent in marital cases. (3) is not about marital rape, but about sex between a man and a woman who is not his wife. So how exactly does this "confirm" the abolition of the marital rape exemption? Hairy Dude (talk) 10:29, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply