theft

[lawbird]

hi everyone, im studying law at uni and have an upcoming moot, can anyone give any case law on whether blood constitutes property so in effect can then be stolen?
look forward to hearing your answers

[Ethel]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question391 873.html

[Joe_the_Lion]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body-and-Soul/Q uestion391864.html

More examples here, if you ignore the peasants in the middle.

[Iggle Piggle]

Hmmmm, sounds like your doing the same stuff as me.
In R v Sharpe (1857) 21 JP 86, Dears & B 160.
This is the founding case of "no property in a corpse".
look at R v Patterson (2000) (westlaw) this was a doctor who stole blood plasma. Make up your own mind.......