| 1. | It instead requires intentional touching and the absence of a reasonable belief in consent.
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| 2. | But the Paramount decision made it very clear that a reasonable belief is not enough.
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| 3. | The Sexual Offences Act 2003 has introduced a hybrid test of reasonable belief as to consent.
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| 4. | _Respond promptly to all allegations of abuse where there is reasonable belief that abuse has occurred.
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| 5. | The law of self-defense justifies an act done in the reasonable belief of immediate danger.
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| 6. | In determining a reasonable belief of public interest, the court must make allowance for editorial judgment.
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| 7. | Owens added, " There is reasonable belief that more than one person was involved ."
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| 8. | "That's what gives us a reasonable belief that we can work through these issues,"
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| 9. | Therefore, a miracle is a violation of all prior experience and thus incapable on this basis of reasonable belief.
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| 10. | Thus the second part lays emphasis on the knowledge or reasonable belief of the person who obtains the tainted consent.
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