Strict Liability Flashcards
What are crimes of strict liability?
What kinds of offences does strict liability cover?
What is absolute liability?
Strict liability offences are where only the actus reus needs to be proved and liability is imposed without fault on the part of the defendant
Minor regulatory offences such as food hygeine, parking offences and polluting the enviroment
These require proof of actus reus but are not concerned with whether the actus reus is voluntary.
What happened in the case of Gammon Ltd v Attorney General and what is it’s significant?
What do judges use to interpret statutes?
Builders failed to follow exact plans and part of a building they were working on collapsed. The case laid down four Gammon factors the courts need to consider in determining if an offence is one of strict liability.
Judge may use aids such as the literal, golden, mischief and purposive approaches to determine if an offence was intended to be one of strict liability
