Objectives

attempted murder. (d) Mens Rea To complete a crime the actus reus must be accompanied by a guilty mind. It is known as the menta ...

whether they participate or not’. Sweet v Parsley [1960] 2 W L R 470 at 487. Strict liability offences are usually found in stat ...

Act of stranger or non-human intervening act over which the defendant has no control. This defence could apply to an offence wh ...

(a) Having the Right Law A student of the branch of criminal law dealing with offences against property will notice how long it ...

courts were reluctant to see a defendant convicted unless the offence was clearly established. You should not be left with the i ...

We have seen why you need to know something about the substantive criminal law. It is different form unit law. Elements of crime ...

1.0 Introduction 2.0 Objectives 3.0 Main Content 3.13.2 Overview of TortsBasic concepts 3.2.1 Fault 3.2.2 Damages 3.2.3 Causatio ...

By now you would have had some appreciation of the difference between torts, crimes and contracts. Can you attempt to enumerate ...

principle or set of elements that is common to all actions based on tort or is the law in this area just a group of miscellaneou ...

be impeded in the pursuit of his own wants and desires. Hence the administration of the law involved a weighting of those confli ...

employer will not pay the damages out of his/her own pocket; they carry compulsory insurance. The insurance company pays but is ...

3.3.3 Test/Indicative Factors As we proceed with our lessons, frequent reference will be made to elements but another term that ...

Where the element is quite clear on its face then it may be a simple task for the court to apply the element to the facts of the ...

Distinguish Law of Tort from Law of Contract and the criminal Support your answer with illustration and decided cases 7.0 REFERE ...

2.0 Objectives 3.0 Main Content 3.1 Negligence 3.1.1 Elements of Negligence 3.1.2 Professional Negligence 3.2 Liability to Third ...

identify the elements of a duty of care in negligence actions and apply those elements to a given fact situation illustrate bre ...

the principle is stated. As Turner mentions, foreseeability is an objective test. This means that it is not who the particular d ...

casualty ward. The plaintiff waited while her husband was operated upon and after his return from the theater she was told to go ...

Re-examination of Proximity Historically, proximity was developed by the Court to provide an extra control test on the duty of c ...

Note the cases which are referred to in connection with each of these ‘indicators’ of the standard of care expected of a reasona ...