Sexual Assault: Issues, Rules, and Application

Running Head: SEXUAL ASSAULT
SEXUAL OFFENCE
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Part A:..............................................................................................................................................3
Issues Involved:...............................................................................................................................3
Rules:...............................................................................................................................................3
Application:.....................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................5
PART B: LAW REFORM...............................................................................................................5
Bibliography:...................................................................................................................................8
Legislations & Journals & Scholars:...........................................................................................8
Case Laws:...................................................................................................................................8

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Part A:
Issues Involved:
The issue involved in the case is that whether the elements of section 61l of the Crime
Act 1990 (NSW) can be established by the Court.
Rules:
There are three elements to Section 61I of the Act. They are act of sexual activity, non-
consent, and the knowledge of non-consent.
The consent to the sexual activity should be clear and at free will. The term ‘free-will’
implies that it should be free from under the effect of alcohol or any drug1, threat2 and
compelling the other person to get involved in sexual activity by the misuse of trust or position
of authority3. The grounds of free-consent are not exhaustive in nature.
Application:
In the given case, the Jim, the husband, contended that the wife had given her consent to
the sexual activity that her answer confirms when she was asked if the tests were done. However,
the plaintiff, Jane, the wife, contended that minor misrepresentations could be ignored if the
1 6 As the High Court has recognised: Burns (2012) 246 CLR 334, 364 [87] (Gummow, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and
Bell JJ).
2 6 As the High Court has recognised: Burns (2012) 246 CLR 334, 364 [87] (Gummow, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and
Bell JJ).
3 7 See Attorney-General’s Department of NSW, Criminal Justice Sexual Offences Taskforce, ‘Responding to
sexual assault: the way forward’ (December 2005) 38, quoting Jennifer Temkin, ‘Towards a Modern Law of Rape’
(1982) 45 The Modern Law Review 399, 406-7