Property Law

R v Kelly and Lindsay [1998] 3 All E.R. 741

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Facts
  • Two men steal body parts from a university’s science lab
  • They are charged with theft
  • They argue there are no property rights in body parts so no crime
Issue
  • Are there property rights in the corpse to enable theft?
Held
  • There can be property rights in a corpse if there has been skill applied and it is now serving a different purpose

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