R v Miller

R v Miller
Court	House of Lords
Full case name	Regina (Appellant) v Miller (Respondent)
Decided	17 March 1982
Citations	[1982] UKHL 6 [1983] 2 AC 161 [1983] 1 All ER 978
Transcript	transcript at BAILII[1]
Cases cited	R v Caldwell ([1982] A.C. 341)
Legislation cited	Offences Against the Person Act 1861 s. 47, Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c.19) s.33(2), Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c.48) s.1, Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c.48) s.1(1), Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c.48) s.1(2), Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c.48) s.4, Cruelty to Animals Act 1849 s.2, Indecency with Children Act 1960 (c.33), Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 (c.82) s.1, Theft Act 1978 (c.31), Theft Act 1968 (c.60) s.15, Theft Act 1968 (c.60) s.16,
Court membership
Judges sitting	Lord Diplock Lord Keith of Kinkel Lord Bridge of Harwich Lord Brandon of Oakbrook Lord Brightman
Keywords
Omissions; Arson; Failure to act

R v Miller (case citation: [1982] UKHL 6; [1983] 2 AC 161) is an English criminal law case demonstrating how actus reus can be interpreted to be not only an act, but a failure to act.