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Crimes which are strict liability require no proof of mens rea in relation to one or more aspects of the actus reus. It could also be considered actionable per se as the crime speaks for itself. Strict li...

Insanity is the 'defect of reason, due to a disease of the mind as to not know the nature of his act or if he did, he did not know it was wrong' as set out in M'Naughten . In order to understand th...

One of the key reasons why the ration decidendi of a case may be difficult to establish is that judgements are often written in a discursive manner so it is difficult to extract that main reasons for the ...

One main difference between a s20 and s18 offence concerns the mens rea, or 'mental state', of the defendant. For a s20 offence, the defendant must intentionally or recklessly wound or inflict grie...

Occasionally an omission can amount to an actus reus of a crime. An omission is a failure to act where there is a duty to act. In the UK the general rule regarding omissions is that there is no good Samar...