Strict liability | |
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Overview of classes of no mens rea offences:- Sherras v De Rutzen approved in Alphacell Ltd v Woodward | |
A-G v Lockwood (1842) 9 M&W 378 (re an Act banning beer sellers having on premises liquorice) | |
R v Woodrow (1846) 15 M&W 404 (re an Act banning possession of adulterated tobacco) | |
R v Stephens (1866) LR 1 QB 702 (re an Act banning dumping in rivers) relatedly "some and possibly all cases of" public nuisance | |
Fitzpatrick v Kelly (1873) LR 8 QB 337 (re Adulteration of Food Act 1872) | |
Roberts v Egerton (1874) LR 9 QB 494 (re Adulteration of Food Act 1872) | |
R v Bishop (1880) 5 QBD 259 (re an Act banning unlicensed care homes admitting lunatics) | |
Betts v Armstead (1888) LR 20 QBD 771 (re Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875) | |
Morden v Porter [1972] AC 824 (accidental straying in the hunt) Non-strict liability (mens rea essential) offences so prosecuted on a misunderstanding:- see notable English mens rea cases | |
Sweet v Parsley [1970] AC 132 | |