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Criminal law [2024] HCJAC 47

Appeal from SAC by Stewart Mitchell Kennedy against PF Aberdeen (High Court of Justiciary)

Appeal from SAC by Stewart Mitchell Kennedy against PF Aberdeen (High Court of Justiciary) [2024] HCJAC 47 (14 November 2024)

The High Court of Justiciary held that a stripper’s non-consensual physical contact at a hen party was sexual and amounted to sexual assault under the 2009 Act.

  • Sexual assault
  • Consent
  • Objective test for sexual conduct
  • Freedom of expression
  • Sexual autonomy
  • Sexual-assault
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Criminal law [2022] ScotHC HCJAC_46

APPEAL BY PF EDINBURGH AGAINST FAISAL AZIZ

APPEAL BY PF EDINBURGH AGAINST FAISAL AZIZ [2022] ScotHC HCJAC_46 (13 December 2022)

The High Court restored a taxi driver’s conviction under section 7 of the 2009 Act, holding his sexual remark to two strangers could be inferred as made for sexual gratification.

  • Sexual verbal communication
  • Sexual gratification
  • Breach of the peace
  • Notification requirements
  • Sexual autonomy
  • Sexual-offences
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