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R v Brown [1993] UKHL 19, [1994] 1 AC 212 [1] is a House of Lords judgment which re-affirmed the conviction of five men for their involvement in consensual unusually severe sadomasochistic sexual acts over a 10-year period.
A resulting House of Lords judgement, R v Brown, ruled that consent was not a valid legal defence for actual bodily harm in Britain. [4] The case sparked a national conversation about the limits of consent and the role of government in sexual encounters between consenting adults. [5]
R v Wilson (1996), which involved a case where a husband branded his wife's buttocks, upheld that consent can be a valid defense. The act was considered comparable to tattooing, whilst Brown applied specifically to sadomasochism .
Wilson Maple Lodge Farms v Government of Canada, 1982 CanLII 24, [1982] 2 SCR 2 4 November 1981 22 July 1982 R v Abbey, 1982 CanLII 25, [1982] 2 SCR 24 16 December 1981 22 July 1982 Regional Municipality of Peel v Mackenzie et al, 1982 CanLII 53, [1982] 2 SCR 9 3 December 1981 22 July 1982 R v Skolnick, 1982 CanLII 54, [1982] 2 SCR 47
Wilson himself had no enthusiasm for moral legislation, [note 1] but there were Labour frontbenchers who supported the bill, including Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary. [ 16 ] The Sexual Offences (No. 2) Bill ultimately passed in the House of Commons on 4 July [ note 2 ] by a vote of 99 to 14 (a majority of 85) [ 17 ] and in the House of Lords ...
R v Brown, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 660 : October 15, 1999 October 15, 1999 V Guarantee Co of North America v Gordon Capital Corp, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423 : June 17, 1999
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