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Recklessness and intention are both types of mens rea but are of different levels. Intention is defined in Mohan as 'aim or purpose' and is the the most severe and usually used for higher level crimes lik...

Intoxication has and will never be a defence to criminal liability. However, it can be used to deny liability in special circumstances due to a lack of mens rea. In order to enact the 'intoxication' rules...

The importance of Law reports within the English Judicial System stem from a variety of interlinking factors, primarily that a core principle of the Legal System is that “the Law is for all” and thus shou...

Enforceable contract, which can set up both orally and in writing, have four key elements:

1. An intent to create legal relations. Casual commitments among friends and family, for example, l...

1. Read the scenario throrughly! No word is there for no reason. Any ambiguities are not an accident, they are there to make you think and question the law. 

2. Take your time. It is...