What did you learn?
This is the courts role.
What is adjudicating?
When the Police investigate, this prevents the Clerk from becoming the adjudicator?
What is separation of functions?
This principle is directly protected when the Parish Court remains independent of police investigation.
What is judicial independence.
In Haughton v Smith this is what caused Smith’s criminal intention to be deemed insufficient for conviction.
What is the goods no longer had the legal character of stolen goods?
This principle from Haughton v Smith demonstrates why criminal intent alone cannot establish liability.
What is the elements of the offence must actually be present; mens rea alone is insufficient.