Criminal Law

Criminal Law Lectures

Concepts of liability

Actus reus
Mens rea - intention
Mens rea - reckless
Negligence
Contemporaneity rule
Transferred malice
Strict liability
Causation
Non-fatal offences against the person lectures:
Criticisms Non-fatal offences
assault
Battery
ABH
GBH and wounding
Fatal offences lectures:
Murder
Voluntary manslaughter - diminished responsibility
Voluntary manslaughter - loss of control
Voluntary manslaughter - Provocation (old law)
Involuntary manslaughter - constructive
Involuntary manslaughter - gross negligence
Offences against property lectures:
Theft
Making off without payment
Robbery
Burglary
Blackmail
Criminal damage
Defences Lectures:
Insanity
Non-insane automatism
Intoxication
Mistake
Public and private defences
Duress
Necessity
Consent
Criminal law Cases:

A
A (a Juvenile) v R [1978] Crim LR 689
A v UK (1999) 27 EHRR 611
A-G for N. Ireland v. Gallagher [1963] AC 349
A-G Ref (No 1 of 1983) [1985] QB 182
A-G Ref (No 2 of 1992) [1993] 3 WLR 982
A-G Ref No 2 of 1983 [1984] QB 456
A-G ref no 2 of 1999 [2000] 2 Cr App R 207
A-G Ref No 3 of 1994 [1997] 3 All ER 936
A-G Ref (No 6 of 1980) [1981] QB 715
A-G v Whelan [1934] IR 518
Abbott v The Queen [1977] AC 755
Airedale N.H.S. Trust v Bland [1993] A.C. 789
Alphacell Ltd v Woodward [1972] AC 824
Andrews v DPP [1937] AC 576
Antoine v UK - 62960/00 [2003] ECHR 709
Attorney General for Jersey v Holley [2005] 3 WLR 29
Attorney General v Hartwell (British Virgin Islands) [2004] 1 WLR 1273
B
B & S v Leathley [1979] Crim LR 314
B v DPP [2000] 2 AC 428
Beckford v The Queen [1988] AC 130
Bratty v A-G for NI [1963] AC 386
Bridges v Hawkesworth (1851)21 LJ QB 75
Brooks v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2005] 1 WLR 1495
Buckoke v GLC [1971] Ch 655
Burrell v Harmer [1967] Crim LR 169
C
Callow v Tillstone (1900) 64 JP 823 322
Cichon v DPP [1994] Crim LR 918
Corcoran v Anderton (1980) 71 Cr App R 104
D
Davidge v Bennett [1984] Crim LR 297
Donnelly v Jackman [1970] 1 All ER 987
DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653
DPP v Beard [1920] AC 479
DPP v Camplin [1978] AC 705
DPP v Gomez [1993] AC 442
DPP v K (a minor)[1990] 1 WLR 1067
DPP v Kellet (1994) 158 JP 1138
DPP v Majewski [1977] AC 443
DPP v Morgan [1976] AC 182
DPP v Newbury [1977] AC 500
DPP v Smith [1961] AC 290
DPP v Smith [2006] EWHC 94 Youtube clip
Dr Bodkins Adams, R v [1957] Crim LR 365
Duck v Peacock [1949] 1 All ER 318
E
Edwards v Ddin (1976) 63 Cr App R 218
Elliott v C [1983] 1 WLR 939
Elwes v Brigg Gas co (1886) 33 ChD
F
F, Re (Mental patient sterilisation) [1990] 2 AC 1
Fagan v MPC [1969] 1 QB 439
G
Gammon (Hong Kong) Ltd v Attorney-General of Hong Kong [1985] AC 1
Gillick v West Norfolk & Wisbeck Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112
Gray v Barr [1971] 2 QB 554
H
Hardman v Chief Constable of Avon [1986] Crim LR 330
Hannah v Peel (1945) 1 KB 509
Hibbert v McKiernan [1948] 2 KB 142
I
Ivey v Genting Casinos [2017] 3 WLR 1212
J
Jaggard v Dickinson [1981] 1 QB 527
Johnson v Phillips [1975] 3 All ER 682
K
Knuller v DPP [1973] AC 435
Kong Cheuk Kwan v The Queen (1985) 82 Cr App R 18
L
LB Southwark v Williams 1971 Ch 655
Lawrence v MPC [1972] AC 626
Logdon v DPP [1976] Crim LR 121 Youtube clip
Luc Thiet Thuan [1997] AC 131
M
M'Naghten [1843] UKHL J16
Moriarty v Brookes [1834] EWHC Exch J79
MPC v Caldwell [1982] AC 341
N
Norfolk Constabulary v Seekings & Gould [1986] Crim LR 167
O
Oxford v Moss (1979) 68 Cr App Rep 183
P
Palmer (1971) AC 814
Pearson's case 2 Lew. C.C. 144
Pretty v UK 2436/02 [2002] ECHR 427
PSGB v Storkwain Ltd [1986] 2 All ER 635
Q
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R v A
R v Abdul-Hussain [1999] Crim LR 570
R v Acott [1997] 1 WLR 306
R v Adomako [1994] 3 WLR 288
R v Ahluwalia (1993) 96 Cr App R 133
R v Aitken [1992] 1 WLR 1066
R v Ali [1995] Crim LR 303
R v Altham [2006] 1WLR 3287 Youtube clip
R v Allen (1872) LR 1 CCR 367 (Golden rule)
R v Allen [1985] AC 1029 (Making off)
R v Allen [1988] Crim LR 698 (Intoxication)
R v Andrews [2003] EWCA Crim 2750
R v Arobekieke [1988] Crim LR 314
R v Attorney-General for England & Wales[2003] UKPC 22
R v Aziz [1993] Crim LR 708
R v B
R v Bailey [1983] Crim LR 353
R v Baker and Ward [199] 2 Cr App R 335
R v Ball [1989] Crim LR 730
R v Bateman 19 Cr App R 8
R v Bedder [1954] 1 WLR 1116
R v Bevans (1988) 87 Cr App R 64
R v Bingham [1991] Crim LR 43
R v Billinghurst [1978] Crim LR 553
R v Bird [1985] 1 WLR 816
R v Blaue [1975] 1 WLR 1411
R v Bollom (2004) 2 Cr App R 6
R v Bourne [1938] 3 All ER 615
R v Bowen [1997] 1 WLR 372
R v Bowyer  [2013] WLR(D) 130
R v Briggs [2004] Crim LR 495
R v Brown [1985] Crim LR 212 Youtube clip
R v Brown [1993] 2 All ER 75
R v Brown and Stratton [1997] EWCA Crim 2255
R v Burgess [1991] 2 WLR 1206
R v Burns 58 Crim App R 364
R v Burstow [1997] UKHL 34
R v Byrne (1960) 2 QB 396 Youtube clip
R v C
R v Campbell [1987] 84 Cr App R 255
R v Cannes (1971) 1 WLR 1600
R v Carey & Ors [2006] EWCA Crim 17
R v Cascoe (1970) 54 Cr App R 401
R v Cato (1976) 62 Cr App R 41
R v Chan Fook [1994] 1 WLR 689
R v Cheshire [1991] 1 WLR 844
R v Church [1965] 2 WLR 1220
R v Clarence (1889) 22 QB 23
R v Clarke [1972] 1 All ER 219
R v Clegg [1995] 1 AC 482
R v Clinton [2012] EWCA Crim 2
R v Clouden [1987] Crim LR 56
R v Codere (1916) 12 Cr App R 21
R v Cole [1994] Crim LR 582
R v Collins [1973] 3 WLR 243
R v Collister & Warhurst (1955) 39 Cr App R 100
R v Coney (1882) 8 QBD 534
R v Conroy [2017] EWCA Crim 81
R v Constanza [1997] Crim LR 576
R v Conway [1988] 3 All ER 1025
R v Corbett [1996] Crim LR 594
R v Coutts [2007] 1 Cr App R 6
R v Cunningham [1957] 2 QB 396 (Recklessness)
R v Cunningham [1982] AC 566 (Murder)
R v D
R v Dalby (1982) 74 Cr App R 348
R v Dalloway (1847) 2 Cox 273
R v Davies [1975] 1 QB 691
R v Dawes [2013] WLR(D) 130
R v Dawson and James [1976] 64 Cr App R 150
R v Dawson and others [1985] 81 Cr App R 150
R v Dear [1996] Crim LR 595
R v Denton [1981] 1 WLR 1446
R v Diamond [2008] EWCA Crim 923
R v Dias [2002] 2 Cr App R 5
R v Dica [2004] 3 ALL ER 593
R v Dietschmann [2003] 1 AC 1209
R v Doughty (1986) 83 Cr App R 319
R v Dowds [2012] EWCA Crim 281
R v DPP ex parte Jones [2000] IRLR 373
R v Dryden [1995] 4 All ER 987
R v Dudley & Stephens (1884) 14 QBD 273 Youtube clip
R v Duffy [1949] 1 All ER 932
R v Dytham [1979] QB 722
R v E
R v Elbekkay [1995] Crim LR 163
R v Erskine and Williams [2009] EWCA Crim 1425
R v Evans [2009] 2 Cr App R 10
R v F
R v Feely (1973) QB 530
R v Fenton (1830) 1 Lew CC 179
R v Fiak [2005] EWCA Crim 2381
R v Fitzpatrick [1977] NI 20
R v Flatt [1996] Crim LR 576
R v Flattery (1877) 2 QBD 410
R v Fotheringham (1989) 88 Cr App R 206
R v Franklin (1883) 15 Cox CC 163
R v G
R v G & R [2003] 3 WLR
R v Garwood [1987] 1 All ER 1032
R v Ghosh [1982] 3 WLR 110
R v Gilks [1972] 1 WLR 1341
R v Gittens (1984) 79 Cr App R 272
R v Gladstone Williams (1984) 78 Cr. App. R. 276 Youtube clip
R v Goodfellow (1986) 83 Cr App R 23
R v Gotts [1992] 2 AC 412
R v Gould [1968] 2 QB 65
R v Graham [1982] 1 WLR 294
R v H
R v Hale [1978] 68 Cr App R 415
R v Hall [1973] 1 QB 496
R v Hancock & Shankland [1985] 3 WLR 1014
R v Hardie [1985] 1 WLR 64
R v Harris (1836) 7 C & P 446
R v Harry [1974] Crim LR 32
R v Harvey (1981) 72 Cr App R 139
R v Hasan [2005] 2 WLR 709
R v Hatter [2013] WLR(D) 130
R v Hatton [2006] 1 Cr App R 16
R v Hayward (1908) 21 Cox 692
R v Heard [2007] 3 WLR 475
R v Hendy [2006] EWCA Crim
R v Hennessy [1989] 1 WLR 287
R v Hester [2007] EWCA Crim 2127
R v Hill [2008] EWCA Crim 76
R v Hinks [1998] EWCA Crim 2105
R v Hobson [1997] EWCA Crim 1317
R v Holden [1991] Crim LR 47
R v Holland (1841) 2 Mood. & R. 351
R v Hopley (1860) 2 F&F 202
R v Howe & Bannister [1987] 2 WLR 568 Youtube clip
R v Howells [1977] 3 All ER 417
R v Hudson & Taylor [1971] 2 WLR 1047
R v Humphreys [1995] 4 All ER 1008
R v Hyam [1975] AC 55
R v I
R v Ibrams & Gregory (1982) 74 Cr App R 154
R v Inglis  [2011] 1 WLR 1110
R v Inhabitants of Sedgely (1831) 2 B & Ad 65
R v Ireland [1997] 3 WLR 534
R v J
R v James & Karimi [2006] 2 WLR 887
R v Jheeta [2007] EWCA Crim 1699
R v Johnson [1989] EWCA Crim 289
R v Jones & Smith [1976]1 WLR 672
R v Jones [1987] Crim LR 123
R v Jordan (1956) 40 Cr App E 152
R v Julien (1969) 1 WLR 839
R v K
R v K [2001] UKHL 41
R v Keane [2010] EWCA Crim 2514
R v Kelly & Anor [1999] 2 WLR 384
R v Kemp (1957) 1 QB 399
R v Kennedy [1999] Crim LR 65
R v Kennedy [2005] 1 WLR 2159
R v Kennedy [2007] 3 WLR 612
R v Khan & Khan [1998] Crim LR 830
R v Kitson [1955] 39 Cr App R 66
R v Kingston [1994] 3 WLR 519
R v L
R v Lamb [1967] 2 QB 981
R v Lambert [2009] EWCA Crim 2860
R v Larkin (1942) 29 Cr App R 18
R v Larsonneur (1933) 24 Cr App R 74
R v Latimer (1886) 17 QBD 359
R v Lavender [1994] Crim LR 297
R v Lawrence (Stephen) [1982] AC 510
R v Lawrence and Pomroy (1971) 57 Cr App R 64
R v Lee [2000] EWCA Crim 53
R v Linekar [1995] 2 Cr App R 49
R v Lipman [1970] 1 QB 152
R v Lloyd, Bhuee & Ali [1985] QB 829
R v Lockley [1995] Crim LR 656
R v Lowe [1973] QB 702
R v M
R v M (John) [2003] EWCA Crim 3452
R v MacPherson [1973] RTR 157
R v Maginnis [1987] AC 303
R v Malcherek and Steel [1981] 2 ALL ER
R v Marshall, Coombes & Eren [1998] 2 Cr App R 282
R v Martin (1881) 8 QBD 54 (GBH)
R v Martin [1989] 88 Cr App R 343 (Duress of circumstances)
R v Martin [2002] 2 WLR 1 (Murder, self-defence, diminished responsibility)
R v McDavitt [1981] Crim LR 843
R v McGrath [2010] EWCA Crim 2514
R v Meade and Belt (1823) 1 Lew. C.C. 184
R v Miller [1983] 2 AC 161 (Omissions)
R v Miller [1954] 2 All ER 529 (ABH)
R v Misra & Srivastava [2005] 1 Cr App R 328
R v Mitchell [1983] QB 741 Youtube clip
R v Mohammed [2005] EWCA Crim 1880
R v Moloney [1985] AC 905
R v Morhall [1995] 3 WLR 330
R v Morris, Anderton v Burnside [1983] 3 WLR 697
R v Mowatt [1968] 1 QB 421
R v N
R v Neaven (2006) EWCA Crim 955
R v Nedrick [1986] 1 WLR 1025
R v Newell (1980) 71 Cr App R 331
R v O
R v O'Connor [1991] Crim LR 135
R v O'Grady [1987] QB 995
R v O'Hare [1999] EWCA Crim 771
R v O'Leary (1986) 82 Cr App R 341
R v Olugboja [1982] QB 320
R v P
R v Pagett (1983) 76 Cr App R 279
R v Parmenter [1991] 94 Cr App R 193
R v Pembliton (1874) LR 2CCR 119
R v Pittwood [1902] TLR 37
R v Prince (1875) LR 2 CCR 154
R v Pritchard (1836) 7 C&P 303
R v Q
R v Quayle & ors [2005] 1 WLR 3642
R v Quick [1973] 3 WLR 26
R v R
R v R [1991] 3 WLR 767
R v Raven [1982] Crim LR 51
R v Rejmanski (Bartosz) [2018] WLR 2721
R v Richards [2002] EWCA Crim 3175
R v Richardson [1998] 2 Cr App R 200
R v Richens [1993] 4 All ER 877
R v Roach [2001] EWCA Crim 2698
R v Roberts [1971] EWCA Crim 4
R v Robinson [1977] Crim LR 173
R v Rodger & Rose [1998] 1 CAR 143
R v Rodgers [2003] 1 WLR 1374
R v Ryan [1996] Crim LR 320
R v S
R v Sangha [1988] 2 All ER 385
R v Saunders (1573) 2 Plowd 473
R v Savage [1991] 94 Cr App R 193
R v Scarlett [1993] 98 Cr App 290
R v Seymour [1983] 2 AC 493
R v Shadrokh-Cigari [1988] Crim LR 465
R v Sharp 85 Cr App R 212
R v Shayler [2001] EWCA Crim 1977
R v Sheehan and Moore (1975) 60 Cr App R 308
R v Shepherd (1988) 86 Cr App R 47
R v Small [1987] Crim LR 777
R v Smith [1974] QB 354
R v Smith [1959] 2 QB 35
R v Smith & Ors [2011] 1 Cr App R 30
R v Spratt [1990] 1 WLR 1073.
R v Steer [1988] 1 AC 111
R v Stewart [2009] 1 WLR 2507
R v Stephenson [1979] QB 695
R v Stone & Dobinson [1977] 1 QB 354
R v Stones [1989] 1WLR 156
R v Sullivan [1984] AC 156
R v T
R v T [1990] Crim LR 256
R v Tabassum [2000] Cr App R 328
R v Tandy [1989] 1 WLR 350
R v Thornton [1996] 1 WLR 1174
R v Tolson (1889) 23 QBD 168
R v Tomlinson [1895] 1 QB 706
R v Turner (No 2) [1971] 1 WLR 901
R v V
R v Valderamma-Vega [1985] Crim LR 220
R v Velumyl [1989] Crim LR 299
R v Venna [1975] 3 WLR 737
R v Vickers [1957] 2 QB 664
R v Vincent [2001] EWCA Crim 295
R v W
R v Wacker [2003] 1 Cr App R 329
R v Walkington [1979] 1WLR 1169
R v Watson [1989] 2 All ER 865
R v Wenton [2010]EWCA Crim 2361
R v Weller [2003] Crim LR 724
R v White [1910] 2 KB 124 Youtube clip
R v Whoolley (Unreported)
R v Willer (1986) 83 Cr App R 225
R v Williams [1923] 1 KB 340
R v Williams [2011] 1 WLR 588
R v Williams & Davis [1992] Crim LR 198
R v Willoughby [2004] EWCA Crim 3365
R v Wilson [1955] 1 WLR 493
R v Wilson [1984] AC 242
R v Wilson [1996] Crim LR 573 (consent)
R v Windle [1952] 2QB 826
R v Wood [2009] 1 WLR 496
R v Woods (1982) 74 Cr App R 312
R v Woollin [1999] AC 82
R
Re A (conjoined twins) [2001] 2 WLR 480
Re F (Mental patient sterilisation) [1990] 2 AC 1
Rance v Mid Downes Heath Authority [1991] 1 QB 587
Ricketts v Basildon Magistrates [2011] 1 Cr App Rep 15
Roe v Kingerlee [1986] Crim LR 735
Roper v Knott [1898] 1 QB 868
S
Samuels v Stubbs [1972] 4 SASR 200
Shaw v DPP [1962] AC 220
Sherras v De Rutzen [1895] 1 QB 918
Smith (Morgan) v R [2000] 3 WLR 654
Smith v Chief Constable of Woking (1983) 76 Cr App R 234
Stingel v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 312
Sweet v Parsley [1970] AC 132
T
Thabo-Meli v R [1954] 1 WLR 228
The Queen v. Howe 100 CLR 448
Thorne v Motor Trade Association [1937] AC 797
Treacy v DPP [1971] AC 537
Tuberville v Savage (1669) 1 Mod Rep 3
U V W
Waverly Borough Council v Fletcher [1995] 4 All ER 756