Australia Leading Case uncategorized

Johns v The Queen

[1980] HCA 3; (1980) 143 CLR 108

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1980

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A secondary party (accessory before the fact or principal in the second degree) is criminally liable for an act of the principal offender that was within the contemplation of both parties as a possible incident of carrying out their planned common criminal enterprise.

Area of Law

Related Cases

Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30; (2016) 259 CLR 380 (Miller v The Queen; Smith v The Queen; Presley v DPP (SA))

Vines v ASIC [2007] NSWCA 75; (2007) 73 NSWLR 451

Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 71; (2005) 224 CLR 656

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