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- R v R [1991] UKHL 12 is a decision in which the House of Lords determined that under English criminal law, it is a crime for a husband to rape his wife. In 1990, the defendant, referred to in the judgment only as R to protect the identity of the victim, had been convicted of attempting to rape his wife. He appealed the conviction on the grounds of a purported marital rape exemption under common law. R claimed that it was not legally possible for a husband to rape his wife, as the wife had given irrevocable consent to sexual intercourse with her husband through the contract of marriage, which she could not subsequently withdraw. Both the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords upheld the rape conviction, declaring that a marital rape exemption did not exist in English law and that therefore, it is possible for a husband to rape his wife. (en)
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- [1991] 3 WLR 767 (en)
- [1991] 4 All ER 481 (en)
- [1991] UKHL 12 (en)
- [1992] 1 AC 599 (en)
- [1992] 1 FLR 217 (en)
- [1992] AC 599 (en)
- [1992] Crim LR 207 (en)
- [1992] Fam Law 108 (en)
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- Lord Brandon, Lord Griffiths, Lord Ackner, Lord Lowry (en)
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- R v R [1991] UKHL 12 is a decision in which the House of Lords determined that under English criminal law, it is a crime for a husband to rape his wife. In 1990, the defendant, referred to in the judgment only as R to protect the identity of the victim, had been convicted of attempting to rape his wife. He appealed the conviction on the grounds of a purported marital rape exemption under common law. R claimed that it was not legally possible for a husband to rape his wife, as the wife had given irrevocable consent to sexual intercourse with her husband through the contract of marriage, which she could not subsequently withdraw. (en)
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