Episode 1383
R v Cunningham
Mon, 2021-Feb-15 00:42 UTC
Length - 1:33
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Monday, 15 February 2021 is R v Cunningham.
Regina v. Cunningham (1957) is an English Court of Appeal ruling that clarified that indirect, not reasonably foreseeable consequences to a totally distinct, reprehensible even "wicked" activity would not be considered "malicious" where that is set out as the mens rea for a particular offence. The level of mens rea, by statute, specifically needed to accompany "administration", which it was common ground that negligent release would amount to, of noxious gases.
The precedent value of the case has been applied to broadly analogous situations and rules where an enhanced mens rea is required for a particular class of offence to be proven.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:42 UTC on Monday, 15 February 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see R v Cunningham on Wikipedia.
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