Stirct liability flash cards

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Taking girl under 18 out of fathers care
Prince (1875)
1 of 24
Butcher selling unfit meat
Callow V Tillstone (1900)
2 of 24
Lotto ticket sold to under 16
Shah and Shah (1999)
3 of 24
Selling intoxicating liquor to drunk
Cundy V Le Cocq
4 of 24
Being an Illegal alien
Larsonneur (1933)
5 of 24
forged prescriptions and the selling of drugs
Pharmaceutical society of great Britain V Storkwain Ltd (1986)
6 of 24
kicked out of hospital. Found drunk on highway by police. State of affairs
Winzar v Chief Constable of Kent (1983)
7 of 24
Freeze dried human Foetus's as earring's in public art gallery
Gibson and Sylveire (1991)
8 of 24
Smoking dope in rented house
Sweet V Parsley (1969)
9 of 24
Jesus described as a homosexual in magazine
Lemon and Whitehouse V Gay news (1979) (blasphemous Libel)
10 of 24
Dumping of waste into river by business
Alphacell (1972)
11 of 24
15 year old on bus asks 13 year old girl for a "shiner" thinking she is over 14
B V DPP (2000)
12 of 24
DJ illegally transmitting on wireless telegraphy by accident.
Blake (1997)
13 of 24
Leak in pipe caused by seal defect. resulted in pollution
Environment agency V Brook plc (1998)
14 of 24
Boy (15) had sex with girl (12) believing she was 15
R V G (2008)
15 of 24
Absolute Liability
Need no Mens Rea or Voluntary Actus Reus
16 of 24
Strict Liability
Mens rea need not be proved for one area of a crime but may be required for another
17 of 24
No fault liability
D liable even if not blameworthy if Actus reus voluntary
18 of 24
No Due diligence defense
unless in act of parliament D guilty even if all possible care taken
19 of 24
NO defense of mistake
liable even for genuine mistake 3
20 of 24
3 Common law strict liability offences
Public Nuisance, Criminal Libel, Outraging public decency
21 of 24
offences that are strict liability
over 3500
22 of 24
Gammon Tests
presumption of Mens rea, displaced if; wording of statue, crime truly criminal, issue of social concern and public safety, encouraging greater vigilance to prevent act happening
23 of 24
Quasi-Criminal offences
regulatory offences. effect businesses mostly
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Butcher selling unfit meat

Back

Callow V Tillstone (1900)

Card 3

Front

Lotto ticket sold to under 16

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Selling intoxicating liquor to drunk

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Being an Illegal alien

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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