Liability for Encouraging One's Own Murder, Victims, and Other Exempt Parties

(2012) 23(3) King’s Law Journal 257–285

29 Pages Posted: 9 Jan 2013

Date Written: 2012

Abstract

This paper considers three major issues in the law of complicity: (1) the role of oblique intention in complicity; (2) complicity liability for those who engage in mutual gun- fights in public streets; and (3) the scope of the ‘exempt party’ rule. All of these issues arose in R v Gnango, but unfortunately the UK Supreme Court’s treatment of those issues was wholly unsatisfactory. Nonetheless, that decision provides us with a perfect backdrop for exploring these issues. I aim to demonstrate that the Lords got the law wrong. I will put forward an alternative interpretation of the law. I rely extensively on American law, but I am not aiming to carry out a full comparative study. Instead, the aim is to shed light on how the law might be reformed, interpreted and developed in the UK. The American case law is useful for highlighting some of the legal misconceptions drawn by the Lords in R v Gnango.

Suggested Citation

Baker, Dennis, Liability for Encouraging One's Own Murder, Victims, and Other Exempt Parties (2012). (2012) 23(3) King’s Law Journal 257–285, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2198408

Dennis Baker (Contact Author)

University of Cambridge ( email )

Trinity Ln
Cambridge, CB2 1TN
United Kingdom

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