ABSTRACT
Theft and other related offences were codified in the Theft Act 1968. Some aspects of the legislation, particularly those dealing with deception offences, proved to be unsatisfactory and in 1978 a further Theft Act was passed in order to remedy these difficulties. Even since then, the courts have been frequently asked to interpret the various statutory provisions and their application. Consequently the law in this area is once again, for the student, a challenging mixture of legislation and case law.
