Emma MacDonald
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Scottish Parliament
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Can anybody please supply any of the following articles:
Friedman and Barber, IIL review .International Internet Law, (6) 2000, pp.
28-31 (this issue missing from BL)
Criminal law; Family law; Torts
Children; Mens rea; Mistake; Sexual offences; Strict liability
The principle of legality (proving the guilty mind - the traditional
approach). (Implications for defendants claiming mistake as defence to
strict liability offences under 1960 Act, specifically concerning mistakes
made as to age of minor approached by defendant, of HL decision in B v DPP).
Case: B (A Child) v DPP [2000] 1 All E. R. 833 (HL)
Legisl'n: Indecency with Children Act 1960
Author: Alured Darlington.
Article J.P. 2001, 165(51), 998-1003 366892 Y 20020119 LJI: 19 January,
2002 January 2002
Criminal law; Procedure; Torts
Age; Burden of proof; Defences; Indecent assault; Mens rea; Strict liability
The end of the line for strict liability? (Whether, where defendant was
charged with offence under s.14, prosecution needed to establish whether he
had genuine belief that girl was over 16, comparison with decision in B (A
Child) and whether offence was one of strict liability).
Case: R. v K [2001] UKHL 41; [2001] 3 W.L.R. 471 (HL)
B (A Child) v DPP [2000] 2 A.C. 428 (HL)
Legisl'n: Sexual Offences Act 1956
Author: Alan Reed.
Case Comment Crim. Law. 2001, 115, 1-3 365313 Y 20011217 LJI: 17
December, 2001 December 2001
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