ABSTRACT

This seemingly all encompassing definition is subject to both common law and statutory exceptions. The following do not constitute property:

• information (Oxford v Moss (1979));

• electricity (Low v Blease (1975));

• a human corpse (R v Sharpe (1857));

• land (s 4(2));

• wild plants (s 4(3));

• wild animals (s 4(4)).