Strict Liability

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  • Created on: 10-03-19 18:08
Name the case where D was guilty even though he didn't know the girl was under 16
Prince
1 of 13
Name the case where D wasn't guilty as the issue of parental possession required mens rea
Hibbert
2 of 13
We have strict liability offences to encourage high ______ of behaviour
High
3 of 13
We have strict liability offences to protect the public from _______ activity
Dangerous
4 of 13
Case which involved a butcher
Callow v Tillstone
5 of 13
Finish the case - Smedley's v ____
Breed
6 of 13
Case involving pollution of water
Alphacell v Woodward
7 of 13
Case involving lottery tickets
Shah and Shah
8 of 13
What section of the Road Traffic Act 1988 states that it is an offence to to ‘drive with excess alcohol in the blood, breath or urine'?
Five
9 of 13
What case tells us that the courts must always start with the presumption that mens rea is required?
Sweet v Parsley
10 of 13
What case tells us that the more serious the offence, the greater the weight to be attached to the presumption of mens rea?
B v DPP
11 of 13
Name the case - S.13 did not contain any mens rea words, but other sections of the act contain the word ‘knowingly’, so where the offence contains no mens rea words but other sections of the Act do it is likely that this offence is one of SL?
Cundy v Le Cocq
12 of 13
What case summarised the rules?
Gammon
13 of 13

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Name the case where D wasn't guilty as the issue of parental possession required mens rea

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Hibbert

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We have strict liability offences to encourage high ______ of behaviour

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We have strict liability offences to protect the public from _______ activity

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Card 5

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Case which involved a butcher

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