Even if someone declares they are infected before attacking, the legal issues are complex.
- Senior Lecturer, Criminal Law, Nottingham Trent University
The defacing of a new Banksy mural in Bristol has raised some interesting legal questions.
A body modification practitioner has been convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent – even though he had the consent of the ‘victims’.
According to Pornhub, the UK has a growing fascination with sex in public – and watching porn on mobile devices. But what does the law say?
The law needs updating – but great care is required when it comes to consent and sadomasochistic sex.
Some 81m people visit the world’s most popular porn site every day. Here’s everything they need to know about the law.
The law isn’t clear on whether someone can even consent to eyeball tattoos, skin implants, tongue splitting or ear pointing.
The Digital Economy Bill would effectively create a hackable register of pornography users and block ‘unconventional’ material.
Because it’s not always as simple as ‘yes means yes’.
Data from Pornhub shows the word ‘teen’ is among the most searched for terms – which raises a difficult question.
Transgender woman Vikki Thompson died after being placed in an all-male prison. It’s time we stuck up for the rights of trans people.
It may oversimplify the issue but at least a new video animation on consent isn’t victim blaming.
A woman has been found guilty of tricking another woman into thinking she was having sex with a man. What does the law actually say about this?
Scarification is becoming a popular alternative to tattooing — but there is one big difference.
The government’s announcement of a new offence which criminalises the sending of sexual messages to children by adults focuses on a very narrow perceived loophole in the existing legislation surrounding…
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