Criminal offences are generally divided into two categories: • conduct crimes, and • result crimes A conduct crime is a crime where only the forbidden conduct needs to be...
This Practice Note deals with what is meant by corporate liability in relation to criminal law. It covers establishing corporate liability, the identification principle...
Omission A defendant must be shown to have had the relevant mental state of mind or intention at the time that the act comprising offence is committed. The conduct...
This Practice Note is concerned with secondary liability, sometimes called accessory liability: the liability that attaches to parties to a joint enterprise. In criminal...
What is vicarious liability? The general principle in criminal law is liability is personal not vicarious. This means that one person cannot be held liable for the crimes...