Participating in crime
By: presented to the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice by Command of Her Majesty
Series: Cm -- no. 7084; Law Com -- no. 305; Law Com. (Series) -- no. 305.; Cm (Series) (Great Britain. Parliament) -- 7084.
Publisher: The Stationery Office; TSO (The Stationery Office)
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780101708425
Subjects: Criminal law; Criminal Behavior
Description: This is the second of two Commission reports which examine options for reform of the law relating to criminal liability for encouraging or assisting another person to commit an offence (the previous report 'Inchoate liability for assisting and encouraging crime' was published in July 2006 as Cm. 6878 (Law Com. no. 300, ISBN 9780101687829). This report focuses on the law of secondary liability and examines the problems with the law as it currently stands; the differences between inchoate liability and secondary liability; recommendations to introduce statutory schemes of secondary liability and of innocent agency and a new offence of causing the commission of a no fault offence; defences and exemptions; and extra-territorial jurisdiction. It includes the text of two draft bills: Participating in Crime Bill and Participating in Crime (Jurisdiction, Procedure and Consequential Provisions) Bill. Taken together, the recommendations contained in both reports seek to establish a system whereby inchoate and secondary liability will support and supplement each other in a way that is rational and fair.
Notes: "May 2007."

Includes bibliographical references.